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Belief in God is not enough, you need to know.

What led you to your belief in God? No matter how you arrived at your current belief in your head, it is insufficient. You need to know. And the only way to really know is through real world experience. 

The story of Abraham's servant in finding a wife for his masters son Isaac is a good example of validating ones knowledge and belief that "God answers prayers" with actual real world experience. In the story Abraham commands his servant to go to his home country to find a wife for his son Isaac. When the servant arrives at the home town of his master, the servant stationed beside a well and prayed “O God, God of my master Abraham, make things go smoothly this day; treat my master Abraham well! As I stand here by the spring while the young women of the town come out to get water, let the girl to whom I say, ‘Lower your jug and give me a drink,’ and who answers, ‘Drink, and let me also water your camels’—let her be the woman you have picked out for your servant Isaac. Then I’ll know that you’re working graciously behind the scenes for my master.” The story goes that just before the servant even finishes his prayer that a young beautiful girl comes by to draw water from the well. As the young girl lowers her jug down the well, Abraham's servant approaches and ask her exactly what he prayed to God about to validate whether or not this girl was the one. As the story continues the young girl fulfills every requirement that his master Abraham desired and responded exactly the way the servant asked God for. The young girl eventually agrees to go along with Abraham's servant and become the wife of Abraham's son, Isaac.

By requesting God to give a specific signal to validate a specific desired result in the real world, than actively looking for that signal and eventually witnessing it, the servant moved from simple head belief about God to really know God in his heart of hearts. Abrahams servants approach in validating ones head knowledge through practical experience is a example we all need to learn from. As belief not validated through personal experience especially of the spiritual and theoretical nature won't sustain us when we're going through a crisis or when we're under immense temptation. God knows this and has offered us a way to really know him by saying in the book of Jeremiah "you will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you".
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