If there is no way to change our destiny, why to pray?

Question: Namaste. My name is *****. I visited your website. I did go through questions already asked and answered by you. In one of your answers you said that god is impartial. We pay for what we did, good for good, bad for bad. My question is: is there no way of changing our destiny. If so, there is no point in praying isn’t it? I have faced a lot of disappointments in my life yet every time I prayed. Now I have no more patience. If one has to live one should have some hope, without which it is very difficult to live.

Answer: Namaste. Your question is very interesting, but unfortunately we cannot do business with God. No doubt destiny can be changed to certain extent by sincere prayer but don’t expect every prayer should be answered immediately. As we have done many good deeds in the past, we also have done bad deeds. We are getting the rewards for the good deeds, in the same way should we go unpunished for the bad deeds?

Since prayer and patience are the only solution for our problems, don’t loose faith, but continue with your effort.