You use prayer to steer events; it's actually where your grip loosens, so you can meet the day braver.

The thought behind it

This line works by turning the expected explanation inside out: the thing you were blaming turns out not to be the thing. God is less about answers arriving on time than about being grown slowly while you thought nothing was planted. Everything hinges on “10”, which is the part a politer version of this sentence would have left out.