Are You Drowning?

Last night we watched "The Persuit of Happyness" (yes, I know how to spell happiness). If you haven't seen it I highly recommend you take the time to; it was a very touching movie. If you have seen it already do you remember the jokes Jaden Smith told? I was especially touched by the one about the man who was drowning.
This isn't word for word, but you'll get the idea. So, a man was drowning in the ocean. A big boat came by and saw him in trouble so they offered to help. He said, "No thanks. God will save me." So the boat left the man to struggle in the water. Some time later another big boat came by and again they stoppped to offer assistance. Again the man replied, "No thanks. God will save me." So, once again the boat left. . . The man drowned and went to Heaven. He asked God, "Why didn't you save me?" and God replied "I tried, I sent two big boats but you ignored them!".
Now, I don't think any of us will have the audacity to ask God why he did ANYTHING he did when we get to Heaven. However, I think there is some important truth in this joke. Sometimes we get so caught up in trying to "prove" our faith to others (or even oursleves!)that we forget to listen to God. Sometimes we try to do God's work our way. And sometimes, He lets us "drown" ourselves to get us to see Him more clearly.