Issues of the Heart...

Some work for it AND get it (Good falls on the just as well as the unjust at times). Some scheme for it AND get it (It might not last, but hey, some folks are alright living good for six months and turn around and live incarcerated mentally or physically for the next 6 years. Some simply pray for it AND get it (Most of the time, it's the good stuff that we receive without even asking is what blows our mind; just by being favored of God). He favors those who ask of Him and seek after Him (See the examples of Jabez, David, Hezekiah, several widow accounts and the blind men who cried out to Him. If you want God's hand to move in your favor - go after His heart.