It's in your hands

Reading this one verse in Surah Maryam told me something for the first time:

فَلَمَّا اعْتَزَلَهُمْ وَمَا يَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ وَهَبْنَا لَهُ إِسْحَاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَكُلًّا جَعَلْنَا نَبِيًّا

So when he had turned away from them and from those whom they worshipped besides Allah, We gave him Ishaque (Isaac) and Ya'qub (Jacob), and each one of them We made a Prophet.

The story is talking about prophet Ibrahim(Abraham) and how he saw his father and his people worshipping idols. It talks about his kind advice to his father, and how he begged him to worship One God rather than these idols that do nothing. But his father did not take heed. So what did Ibrahim do? He left. He left his father and the people that were doing wrong. And because of that, God gave him something better, 2 sons who became prophets. 

On a deeper note, look at the verse closely, it says فلما "only after" Ibrahim left the wrong environment did God grant him 2 sons. It's as if it's saying: because he left that bad environment, God then answered his call and gave him a righteous offspring. 

Think about this for a second. How many times have we called on God for something but we did not get it? What should you do? Look at yourself. Look around you. Look at what environments you are in. Who are your friends? How do you use your time? If there is wrong or lack of God in your life, then change that. Get out of that environment. Change your state of mind. Go back to God and leave what is wrong. Then see how God will give and give in abundance, as he did with Ibrahim peace be upon him. It's in your hands to take that initial step.