"Your force to break, blow, burn, and make me new."
The speaker feels unworthy in the eyes of God. He wants his faith to be invigorated and for God to be harsher and more punishing towards him. In the overstatement above, the speaker desires basically a complete transformation from his current unworthy state to a worthiness in God's eyes. I thought it was ironic the extent to his feelings of incompetence in the line in which he calls God his enemy. He obviously loves God, or he wouldn't show so much dedication of a want for a stronger faith. But, it is radical to call him your enemy.
I am a little curious to the background of the author. I was wondering if John Donne was going through a struggle of faith when he wrote the poem. Was the struggle resolved? I can't say.
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