Hosea 14:3

Hosea 14:3. Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will me say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.

If you expect the Lord to smile upon you, you must have done away with all your idols. You must put away all your false confidences, and those other sinful things in which you have found even a little joy, and you must come back to your Father, throwing away those rivals which have been set up in your heart, and asking him to give you grace to live henceforth for him alone.