When a person trusts in GD He will cure him of his illness by natural means or without such means. He may even heal him by means of something very harmful as you know from the account of Elisha and the bad water when he cured it unwholesomeness with salt. (Melachim) and other examples. The proper way of relying on GD in possessions and income is for one to engage in whatever occupation the Creator has prepared for him to the extent necessary for his maintenance and sustenance to attain what suffices him in this world. If the Creator ordains more for him it will come to him without trouble or effort provided he relies on GD for it and does not overly pursue (natural) means or rely on them in his heart.
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...