Turn to God FIRST

Why is it that we want God to be Lord of our life and we ask him to break us and change our heart, but when it comes to actually making a decision or dealing with pain, we turn to God only after discovering that no one else can help us? First we try to figure it out on our own. Then, we turn to our friends. Our friends try to help us solve our problems and make decisions, but normally they can't do anything about the situation and turning to them ends up being a complete waste on time. Why don't we just get smart, after trying this a thousand times and automatically turn to God for help? I mean after all he allowed the pain to happen, he gave you the choice and the freedom to make this decision, so wouldn't it make sense to turn to God before we turn to other people? I have heard so many times the cliché phrase “People will fail you, but God never will”. I think it's about time I stop trying to get my answers and solve my problems through people. I always feel so dumb, when I finally turn to God and the answer becomes so clear. I think my life will be so much easier once I start automatically turning to God first.