A More Mature Prayer

God often, if not always, has to draw people to Himself by showing them how He can benefit them. He gives them the love they've been looking for all their life. He gives them peace. He heals them. He gives them dreams and promises. God loves, and it's His delight to open the storehouses of heaven and rain down blessings upon us. But if we never care to get to know more about God than what He can do for us, we will never enter into the fullness of His presence. If we think of God as a being who fulfills our needs, we will eventually be disappointed and disillusioned. Eventually, God won't do what we expect, and we won't be able to understand why.
God fills our every need, but He's so much more than a being that hands out the daily necessities of life. To not catch a glimpse of the incredible richness of ALL a relationship with God has to offer is to remain forever a child.