Faith is designed to give you the confidence, the courage to lead your life with grace and conviction. It doesn't mean we can just confess and be done with our bad karma, rather, we should have the strength to do the right karma at the first place. I don't think God will manifest to pay off your mortgage, your loans — karmic or financial, or to help you shed or gain weight. We must take responsibility of our own lives. We are the result of our desires, choices and pursuits. Allow me to deviate from conventional wisdom by saying that faith, with all its paraphernalia and practices, is for inner strength and not to please an external God. I don't want to please a heavenly being and beg for favors in this life or hereafter, instead, I would give this life my best shot and let Nature take its own course. After all, if I truly have faith, shouldn't I know that God or Nature's way is impartial?
Napoleon once said, "When you fight, fight as if everything depends on you. And when you pray, pray as if everything depends on God." This is faith in a nutshell.
Faith is supposed to complement, and not replace, our actions. Ultimately, we are responsible for the choices we make. Wake up with faith in yourself and go to sleep with faith in God.
Om Namah Shivay
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