The second kind of prayer is asking God to do something. This is for the ordinary person. For him it is better that he should ask of God and bring his need before God, than that he should ask of man. What a humiliation it is to ask, to show his need, before man. The ordinary person cannot depend entirely upon God. He does not altogether believe that God is. He looks to the external sources to supply him. Therefore it is best for him, as a moral, that he should ask of God only, and use his own exertions. By this he learns trust in God, and he learns resignation. If his desire is not granted, if he is left in misery, he learns to think that this is Gods Will.