The pilgrims dig the well, but, strange enough, it fills from the top instead of the bottom. We use the means, but the blessing does not spring from the means. We dig a well, but heaven fills it with rain. The horse is prepared against the day of battle, but safety is of the Lord. The means are connected with the end, but they do not of themselves produce it. See here the rain fills the pools, so that the wells become useful as reservoirs for the water; labor is not lost, but yet it does not supersede divine help.
Grace may well be compared to rain for its purity, for its refreshing and vivifying influence, for its coming alone from above, and for the sovereignty with which it is given or withheld. May our readers have showers of blessing, and may the wells they have digged be filled with water! Oh, what are means and ordinances without the smile of heaven! They are as clouds without rain, and pools without water. O God of love, open the windows of heaven and pour us out a blessing!
Charles Spurgeon
My Pondering
Yes indeed, the horse is prepared against the day of battle, but safety (and victory) is of the Lord. This is from a Proverb.
Proverbs 21:31
The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD.
O God, You are my God;
Psalms 63:1
I shall seek You earnestly;
Without God, we would have no creation, no life, no existence, no nothing. Period. yet without exercising our free will to seek God earnestly as the above scripture and many others implore us,  it’s impossible to fulfill our calling to connect to our divine relationship and grow into the full person we were created to be. Fortunately, the good book tells us this is God’s will, and if we do our part he for sure will do his and then some.