Trust in God involves an awareness that human life is inherently hard. There are customs that help but even with all the customs and good habits still there the basic fact does not change that things are hard. [For example speaking the truth at all cost, is great habit and and help and protection. But in the long run it is limited.] The only thing that can really help is God's will. He has to want to help. And if He wants to help, then help will come.But to gain this can only come indirectly. There is nothing one can do that will bring help automatically. Rather all one can do is hope for God's help. But there is one thing that in fact does bring about that God should want to help. That is trust.
So the best idea in all situations is to gain an attitude of trust in God.
[I have mentioned this subject before. The major areas of clarification about it comes from the book of Navardok Madragat HaAdam, The Obligations of the Hearts, and the Gra on Mishlei. And also Rav Nahman in the Lem II in the lesson concerning Shavuot. There Rav Nahman explains the idea of "making a vessel" for the blessing to have something to flow into.]
One thing you see in Chovot Levavot [Obligations of the Hearts] is that there is a difference between medicine cures and working for a living. He treats these two areas differently. On the subject of a cure and King Asa's seeking doctors, Ibn Pakuda [the author of Obligations of the Hearts] says the sin was to seek doctors at all. [That is as surprise since most people think that one can seek doctor's help but trust in God. The Obligations of the Hearts does not go with that possibility. But when it comes to making a living, he is on board with making effort. So it must be that he is thinking the cure issue and the making a living issue are separate.]
So the best idea in all situations is to gain an attitude of trust in God.
[I have mentioned this subject before. The major areas of clarification about it comes from the book of Navardok Madragat HaAdam, The Obligations of the Hearts, and the Gra on Mishlei. And also Rav Nahman in the Lem II in the lesson concerning Shavuot. There Rav Nahman explains the idea of "making a vessel" for the blessing to have something to flow into.]
One thing you see in Chovot Levavot [Obligations of the Hearts] is that there is a difference between medicine cures and working for a living. He treats these two areas differently. On the subject of a cure and King Asa's seeking doctors, Ibn Pakuda [the author of Obligations of the Hearts] says the sin was to seek doctors at all. [That is as surprise since most people think that one can seek doctor's help but trust in God. The Obligations of the Hearts does not go with that possibility. But when it comes to making a living, he is on board with making effort. So it must be that he is thinking the cure issue and the making a living issue are separate.]
