Belief in God

Recently I read an article related to Bhagat Singh “Why I am an Atheist”. This made me think about certain facts that I would like to discuss.
I myself being a staunch believer in God truly believe in the divinity and the greatness of God! Whenever I had to face any difficult situations in life I have prayed and asked him for his blessings and even after facing a lot of hindrances I have been able to emerge not entirely but at least moderately successful. I have always felt that God will never grant you your wishes unless you work day and night to achieve it. Only then will he fulfill your desires. But you sometimes think if that is the case then why not just believe in yourself and work towards achieving your goals! Just keep trying until you succeed! But then I have always felt that there is some hand above us, which is always there to protect and guide us in our endeavours to success.
Still at times you do sometimes start pondering over the existence of this divine power in many of the unfortunate incidents that keeps raising its ugly hood every now and then!
Lets consider this, a man might remember God the most when he may have to win some competition, when he is on the last step nearing death or meets with an accident which leaves him with fifty- fifty percent chances to live! At that moment of decision if a man thinks that by just praying God he would come out of this there might be 0% chances of him winning or coming out alive! As we all know the famous adage “God helps those who help themselves!” So if this is this the case then why not help ourselves and try and think of ways and means and use our mind to come out of a quandary? A person would be a fool to think that when he stands on a thin line between life and death, just by uttering chants, God would come to his rescue! You can call it the moment of decision wherein you are the master of your fate and you are the one who has to think of some way or the other to save your life. Your determination to live helps you to emerge successful in your attempts to save your life.
Also haven’t we always read and heard from others that every person has his own destiny and no matter what you do, you have to face it? As you say it is the “Vidhi ka Vidhan” i.e. A person’s fate is already written the day he is born which even the almighty can’t alter. You have to face the events and incidents, which are destined to happen in your life
Thinking of some more facts consider the recent terrorist attacks wherein lakhs of people lost their lives and left their family fending for themselves. Why did these innocent people fall prey to the devilish motives of the terrorists? We all know that these were the brutal attacks made by a handful of maniacs who supposedly “prayed” before leaving for executing their tasks. You tend to think that didn’t God know all this from before? Didn’t he think that what the people set out to do were utterly inhuman and against his preaching? But also these are the situations that make you think about the miracles that have saved people either that they did not board that unfortunate train or escaped with minor injuries. When you hear of such incidents some people say that he was destined to live and thus God saved him.
This was just one of the many incidents when we tend to think of the miraculous ways in which God acts but also leaves us with thoughts of his existence.
Finally it depends on an individual how he thinks and his belief in the supreme power, which helps him shape his future!