(One must take precautions ) That is why you will find that when Shemuel.. asked H'shem (how he could go to anoint the king) "for if Shaul hears of it he will kill me" (Navi Shmuel) it was not considered a lapse in his reliance on GD. Rather GD's answer to him indicates that his prudence was commendable..
If Shemuel's question had been a lack of trust the reply to him would have been so. Now if Shmuel with his perfect piety did not take the liberty of exposing himself to a slight risk of danger though his doing so would have been in response to the command of the Creator may he be exalted then it would certainly be reprehensible if that were done by someone who was not acting in response to the command of the Creator May He be exalted. pg 405
Once, on a Motzoei Shabbos, the chasidim were sitting in the bais medrash of the Ruzhiner Rebbe zy”a for Melave Malka. Suddenly, the Rebbe opened the door of his room next to the bais medrash, stood at the entrance, and said, “The Baal Shem Tov was not a deity, and the zaida, the Magid, was not just an ordinary wagon driver. And once, when the holy Baal Shem Tov prayed, his talis fringe fell out of his gartel and dragged on the floor. The Magid approached, picked it up, and put it back in the gartel, but he was trembled with such tremendous fear that he fainted and his life was in danger. They were compelled to rouse the Baal Shem Tov from his deep dveikus in order to calm him.” He then added, “I told you that the Baal Shem Tov was not a deity and my zaida, the Magid, was no wagon driver. Still and all, when he touched the Besht’s garment, he fainted from fear. The entire world is Hashem’s garment. How much fear must we feel to touch this world!” May the memory of the...