Come. And Get It.

The free will we enjoy has given us both privileges and responsibilities. We shouldn’t just pray for things that it is our place to help develop in our lives by doing what we know to do.  God will surely help us as we stumble along, but we aren’t supposed to wait until He gifts us with everything.  It is our work to believe and obey and be developed into more mature and useable vessels as we follow.  He has deposited gifts in each of us, but He will not hand us maturity any more than our earthly parents can hand it to us.  There is self-discipline and responsiveness that are part of the recipe and those ingredients are ours to bring and practice.  We won't do them perfectly, but we won't get maturity any other way.