What are you praying for?

"Then he continued, "Do not be afraid, Daniel. Since the first day that you set your mind to gain understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them." -Daniel 10:12

We've all have probably heard the story about Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, & Abed-Nego and if you haven't well please read! Anyways looking at this scripture what stood out the most to me was that the decision for understanding visions and dreams was the decision of Daniel. It says that he "SET his mind to gain understanding..." but I also started to think how things looked at on the other side of the coin? how did God see this young mans heart? I think since God already knows our ends from our beginnings he must have known that Daniel was going to be a young man who was committed, because I think anyone who was going to face all the challenges that he did had to be committed to God. I think about myself? how committed am I? I don't even have to face persecution, accusations, or Lions and I still have a hard time staying committed to Christ. One scripture that pops to my head is 1 Corinthians 10:13 which brings a statement that we must all remember and that is that God wont give us anything we can't handle. I believe God looked deep within Daniels heart before he looked at Daniels end, and he saw that this young man was going to be able to handle IT.
I realize that I have prayed for several things; boldness, challenges, more of God, Giants, humility, revelation...etc. but looking at this verse I wonder if God is doing me a favor and not giving me those things, why? because maybe He just knows that I'm not committed fully yet or I can't handle it yet. And maybe I'm praying for understanding today, but God is trying to teach me a lesson about pride that I still haven't grasped.
Lord as you look into my heart you know what "things" I can handle, and maybe it might not be much but I pray that in whatever area that you are stretching me or whatever lesson that you are teaching me help me to stay committed to learn.