I also believe He expects us to open our eyes and recognize the tools and paths He lays out for us to take up the task of making His answers reality.

In other words, don't ask God for an abundant harvest from our vegetable patch. Prepare the soil, plant the seed, tend the garden – even when that means doing what it takes to keep that patch from being ruined in a late frost. I learned that lesson as a child in my Gran's vegetable garden when we had to spend the night in turns keeping the warming pots going.