9. Q. If all this is His effort why should we put in our individual effort?

A. He helps those who help themselves by accepting His commands. He wants us to work without the anxiety for the fruits of actions, if we are worried about the fruits of action our work will not be done sincerely. It should not be renunciation of action but renunciation in action.  In 6th chapter of Bhagavath Githa Krishna says.

anaasritah karmaphalam = don't expect the fruits

karyam karma karotiyaha = but do the work

This is what is called Nishkama Karma.

Once two frogs took a stroll to a dairy farm. Accidentally both of them fell in to a bucket of cream. One frog said to the other " There is no way of getting out of this, cream is too slimy to jump out and too thick to swim. This is the end of us and so let us die". The second frog said “No, we should keep on trying. Let us keep on paddling". The other frog did not want to put any effort even while dying. It was so lazy, sank down and died. The frog without anticipating any fruits of its action kept on paddling, paddling and paddling till morning, by which time it became a great sight to see as the frog was sitting on a ball of butter which floats naturally and enjoying a hearty meal of the flies that were attracted towards the butter. This story illustrates nishkamakarma preached by Lord Krishna.

Of course if we have adamantine faith in Him and trust Him to help us in every activity of ours including food then self effort is not needed. But if we want to help ourselves when it comes to eating, enjoying etc; He expects us to help ourselves with everything else.

Candle lit and left in the air is an example oft quoted. Would God keep the candle glowing if left in the air? For most of us this cannot happen, but if we have adamantine faith in Him, in every conceivable activity of ours, He Himself will help the candle to glow by putting an unseen protection or you will enclose it with a glass shield and you think that you are protecting the light.  But do not forget that He gave the knowledge to do that. It can ultimately be concluded that every effort is from Him only and for Him alone.

To quote Bhagavad Gita again.

"karmanye vaadhikaarasthe" - You do the work that is recommended to you

without expecting any rewards.

"maa phalesu kadaachna" - I Bless you with its fruits.