When you pray, Do what you pray for!!!

Last Sunday before the Mass start, I was doing my prayer and I noticed that I have been praying for the same thing over and over again. Then I start to realize I have not been doing my part. I prayed for God to help me, but have I done anything to help myself?

Then I recalled a priest once says, people will only turn to prayer as their last resort. But even then, I think most of the time they will just “leave it to God”.

Of course there are some situations which we really have to leave it to God, but most of the time; we need to do something before God can help us.

Sometimes we have treat God like a wishing well. When we have some request or problem, we ask God to help me to resolve it. When things did not turn up the way we wanted to be, we will question God. This is the way we should treat our God?

Maybe we are still infant in spiritual level, so we behave like a kid, but we must grow out of this childishness and be more mature, doing God’s Will.

Doing God’s will is when you have a problem or request, other then praying, always look at what option is opening to you, because God will not tell you straight in the ear what to do. God have already given us the most powerful resources that we can tap on, our brain.

I am not saying that we can do anything just by our own strength and forget about God. It is like having the fastest processing chip and still asking the manufacturer 1 plus 1 equal what. This example is a bit too extreme, but having a powerful computer does not mean you can do anything. Sometime you still need to check with the manufacturer how do you use some of the function, or do you prefer the user manual?