I have always wondered about people who say they trust God, so they don’t feel they have any responsibility for themselves. They seem to think they can just sit on their rear end and God will do everything for them. The saying “God helps those who help themselves” is not in the Bible, but I believe God has given us all a brain and expects us to use wisdom.
I like to say, “I trust God, and I trust that He gave me a brain.” I have a friend that says,
“I trust God, and I still look both ways before I cross the street”.
There are those who refuse to go to a doctor because they think everything can be healed by prayer. Uummm, NO. God gave us doctors to help us, but yes, still pray. It’s like the story of the man who was stranded on his roof during a flood. Three boats came by offering to pick up the man. He refused each of them saying that God would save him. Well, he drowned. When he gets to the pearly gates, St. Peter asks why he is there so soon. The man says he doesn’t know. He thought God would save him. St. Peter says, “Well, he sent you three boats!”
Then you have the people who say they trust God with the number of children they have and don’t use birth control. I get that some people don’t want to use certain forms that don’t actually prevent conception, but there are other ways. Seriously, if a man loses his job and the wife is already at home with two or three kids, is that really a good time to have another baby? Don’t get me wrong, if there ends up being a baby after prevention, then sure, it must be God’s plan.
Let’s just use the wisdom the good Lord gave us and not use trust in God as an excuse to not be responsible for ourselves.
Tales From My Heart 
I was always taught that we have to put legs on those prayers. Yes there are times that we pray and everything is out of our hands and there is nothing to do but wait but many times we have to do our part.
This was my mom. We lost our house because my mom trusted God to give us money. My dad died a few days later. It still shocks me that God saved my heart. I am so cynical towards Christians but I love Him. I am not sure how to get over that but I do know Christians are the ones who often have let me down, even more than non Christians.
I have some friends in a similar situation. He was a pastor who got voted out of a church. He didn’t do anything sinful or wrong, just some decisions the people did not like. She has a degree in social work but quit to stay home and homeschool her 4 children. Even in a dire situation with no income, she would not go back to work and they are now homeless moving around staying with different family members. I just shake my head.