Really? If I had a thousand math problems to solve, I could ask God to do them and they’d all be done correctly when I woke up in the morning? I would never be the one to say that couldn’t happen but it probably won’t because that’s a pretty selfish and ridiculous request. Whatever we do though, asking God for clarity is never a bad idea.
What’s that thing that you do? Could it be done better if God had a hand in it? Often we go around gritting our teeth and grimacing in stressful concentration, trying to accomplish something that seems very simple to complete. Some things simply overwhelm us because we are trying to complete them alone; proving ourselves or promoting ourselves. If ever there were a job for God it would be proving and promoting the people He loves. All we have to do is just do the work!
Sounds easy, right? Well, that doesn’t mean the work is easy. In fact, the one thing about getting God involved is that He doesn’t accept shoddy workmanship. “And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men” Colossians 3: 23 (NKJV). This verse implies that the work you produce for the Lord is to be done at a higher standard than any of man’s expectations. In other words when you ask God to do your homework, you are basically committing yourself to a higher standard of work.
The average passing grade in American universities is 75% and because all of us are made differently, for some, getting 750 questions of 1000 right might be the difference between staying up all night and giving up in the middle. For some of us it means that if we have the ability to get all 1000 right but we’d have to stay up all night to do it, 75% would definitely not be acceptable. God would expect us to stay up all night and He would provide us the means (and maybe the coffee) to do it. It doesn’t even matter if you’ve never gotten 1000 of 1000 correct before. God’s standard, for you, is higher than man’s; even yours. If the project crashes and burns in the end, there’s probably a point where we insisted on taking the wheel without Him and He allowed us to drive ourselves into the ditch. I’m sure there would be many lessons to be learned from that as well.
God wants to help us with our homework or any work, and we want His signature on the things we do. Evoking the name of Jesus invites Him to join in and give us the stamina and resources to complete what He has gifted us to do.
So yeah, really, God will do my homework, with me and at a higher standard than me. The miracle won’t manifest itself in the mysterious completion of my work but the supernatural ability He places in me to get it done.
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