“For we are now on a different basis; the basis of trusting and relying upon God. We trust infinite God rather than our finite selves.” (Chapter 5, Big Book)
“When what seems an especially difficult problem or a great emergency presents itself, many students of Truth start by thinking, ‘This is very serious,’ and then proceed to brace themselves mentally for a supreme effort; and plan to pray exceedingly ‘hard’ in order to meet the difficulty. All this is quite wrong. It simply builds up the problem into something far bigger than it was originally. The right attitude, the one that brings Victory, is to think ‘God can and will solve this problem.’” (Emmet Fox)
I’m in trouble when I think of the big bad problem over there in the realm of the material, then try to run away from it, running towards God, chased by the problem, trying to keep it away from me, and imploring God to do something about it. This pitches the problem at the level of the solution, as opposing forces, and posits the world as a generally Godless place, with God on a little throne somewhere occasionally sending out the occasional useful zap, but not actually capable of doing more than that; the most one can do, in that philosophy, is hole oneself up in the mountain cave and hope for the best.
The two principles I have to apply, to trust God:
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Everything that happens is in accordance with God’s will, either perfect (i.e. desired) or permitted.
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God is active within the situation in question, and was already active within the situation, before I noticed something was wrong and ran to God.
In other words, God has this firmly in His hands.
My job is to find my role in that situation: what does God want me to do, if anything?
Usually it’s staying out of the way and going and being useful or appreciative in the remainder of my life.
This is quite different than the running away the opening of this short sequence described.