What should we ask God?

There was a rich landlord in a particular village and he was in need of a good singer to entertain the crowd during his daughter's wedding. He asked a close friend of his who wasn't as rich but quite well to do, to arrange for a singer. This friend approached a man who was poor but a highly qualified singer with a great voice. He readily accepted the offer. On the day of the wedding, his performance was really good but the crowd concentrating on the bride and groom did not have much time to appreciate his singing. But the friend was listening to the singer with rapt attention, as it was he who had arranged the man and wanted no complaints against him. While leaving, the landlord called the singer into a room with his friend. He had two bags in his hand and said, " This bag on my right is the amount you had requested. This bag in my left is the amount my friend here asked me to give you. Which bag would you choose?"

The singer was in a real dilemma now. He wasn't entirely sure of his performance and felt that the friend might have found flaws in his singing and advised the landlord to pay him less. But he couldn't choose his amount for he might be offending the friend who had given him the chance to perform lest he might not recommend him for further performances. So he was staring at the two bags quietly. Seeing his predicament, the landlord asked the friend, " What my friend? What do you say? Which bag should I give him?" Now the friend was in a dilemma. But he replied, "For your status you can afford to give both." And thus the landlord trying to rescue both of them from the uncomfortable situation, gave the singer both the bags.While returning from the wedding, the friend asked the singer how much he had requested to which he replied Rs.500. The friend said that he had asked the landlord to pay him Rs.5000.

From this we see that, though the singer's performance was the same, the singer felt that it deserved Rs.500, the friend felt that it deserved Rs.5000 but the landlord didn't mind giving him Rs.5500. For the same dedication to a job, their expectations varied depending on their status. A poor man would be happy to get a small amount for a job which a rich man would expect a lot more for. Instead of asking for an amount beforehand, if the singer had asked the landlord to give him what he pleased, he would have definitely given him something more than Rs.500 at least to maintain his status.

Imagine God, sitting in His Abode, with all the wealth in the universe lying at his feet. Should we ask him, "Lord give me this, give me that" ? We must do good things and we must ask him "Lord give me what you think I deserve" and you will definitely get more than what you expected.