Still trying to give orders

I was reading Purpose Driven Life with a friend last Monday when this caught my attention.

A.W. Tozer said, "The reason why many are troubled, still seeking, still making little forward progress is because they haven't yet come to the end of themselves. We're still trying to give orders, and interfering with God's work within us."

There are some people who never seem to grow as Christians and I've been looking at them and wondering why... I guess perhaps they are "still trying to give [God] orders."