Is Prayer your Steering Wheel or Spare tyre?

We have had a lot of tyre changes, all on the caravan. Our caravan was not really designed for travel, and the wheels are quite small. The wheels get quite hot and then they pop. We luckily lasted until Cloncurry until we had a tyre pop. We had a slow leak at Cloncurry, which we didn't notice until some kind person left a note on our windscreen. We were not properly equipped to change the tyre, but another traveller kindly lent us their tools. The drive in to Cloncurry after Cubbaroo, we shredded a tyre. 


We again didn't have the proper tyres, and had to flag down a truck. As soon as we went into Cloncurry, we picked up the proper tools, and luckily too. We then had 2 slow leaks at Mt Isa and Mataranka. We again shredded the tyre in between Victoria River Roadhouse and Kununurra. Altogether, we have popped 6 tyres, our most recent one in between Fitzroy Crossing and Derby.

So that brings me to the real point of this post: Is prayer your steering wheel or spare tyre? We always use the steering wheel in the car, it directs our travels. The spare tyre is simply a crutch, something to be used when it all goes wrong. Prayer should be your steering wheel, not your spare tyre. It should direct us where we are going, not something we turn to as a last resort because we can't do anything else. It should be natural to us to pray instead of when it all goes wrong.

1 Chronicles 16: 11- Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always

Psalm 145: 18- The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.