Try Again

The Kozhnitzer Maggid once asked a friend whether after saying his prayers did he try to study a subject that he could not previously master. The friend said that he did not. The Maggid then said, "In your prayers you ask God to give you more understanding of Torah. If you don't believe in the efficacy of your prayer, by virtue of the fact that you don't bother to see if it worked, how can you expect the prayer to have any effect?!"