Occasionally cupboard doors become hard to close. When coat after coat of paint has been added, the doors fail to shut tightly until they are lathed down.
Jesus told His disciples to "enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door" to all outside interference, to pray to the Heavenly Father in secret.
But, like the layers of paint that prevent cupboard doors from closing tightly, there are some things which add up to keep one from closing one's spiritual door. Indifference can interfere with one's prayer life. The cares of life and the complications of living in a modern, demanding world can sap the Christian's desire for spiritual things. Wrongs that need to be righted love of material gain, a lack of faith -- these are things which can prevent one's spiritual door from closing.
If, Christian, you should ever find that you can no longer close your spiritual door, there is only one thing to do. Let the Holy Spirit cleanse away every hindrance which prohibits communion with Him. He can fix up all your difficulty, if you surrender to "the lathing process."
Take my will and make it Thine;
It shall be no longer mine;
Take my heart; it is Thine own!
It shall be Thy royal throne.
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet,
and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father
which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth
in secret shall reward thee openly.
Matthew 6:6
