Prayer is not the "easy button"

Well Im truly exhausted right now. I just got done unloading a container and it was very hard work. I had two friends to help me so it was not as hard as it could have been. As I arrived at the place where we were supposed to unload the container my friends had already gotten a head start. Walking up to into the container I quickly joined in and began to pick up the heavy bales of clothing. Each bale was surrounded by a plastic wrapping and then banded together by a bailer. The cylindrical tumblers ranged in size from about 100 to 115 lbs. As we continued to unload the bales from off of the skid I began to get a little winded. The heat was not excruciating but the tight space and the closeness made things a little more than stuffy. Some bales were grabbed and stacked on the bottom of the container and the rest that were on the top took two people. As time went one, I began to get so tired that I decided to pray. I asked God for supernatural strength, but my friend suggested that I ask for supernatural endurance. So I asked for both, then my brother said that I should ask for supernatural wisdom in order to try and bring me back down to earth. I would have none of that and decided that I was going to watch God prove my brother wrong, but that is not what happened at all. At first I could feel a burst of energy and strength, but as time went on, my arms began to tire and then my energy dropped. By the time we got the container about completed, I found myself taking a small break to recover from the lack of energy I was experiencing. This is not supposed to happen! I thought. I was sure that when I asked God for something that He would give it to me, but that is not what ended up happening. Instead I found myself exhausted and barely able to finish. Sometimes its easy for me to wish for that easy button that you see on those tv commercials. I guess thats what I thought prayer was. A simple push of the prayer button andBlamo! The container is filled and the work is done, but that is not how things work. I dont use prayer to make life easy. I pray to be able to make it through life and to get to know Jesus as a friend. In John 16:33 Jesus says:

"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."