Trust in God is a difficult issue to know when it applies. On one hand when I was about to go to Shar Yashuv [a great Litvak yeshiva in NY and now I have heard that there is one in Israel also], my parents were saying that they thought most people going to a yeshiva were doing so in order to make that into a profession. And I was claiming that "No. They are learning Torah for its own sake."
And as far as the Litvak world of Yeshivot based on the Gra I think it is clear that I was right.
But since then this issue of trust in God has always been a difficult issue to figure out.
Before I got married I mentioned this issue to my father in law (Bill Finn) and he agreed totally with me. Trust in God is everything and carries the day.
[By that time I was at the Mir, and I think I must have been aware of Navardok. Trust without effort.]
