Faith

Faith surely involves the due use of God given and appointed means.

You probably know the old gag:

A man is trapped on his roof in a flood with the waters rising around him. Men in boats and then men in helicoptors attempt to rescue him but he sends them away saying, "No, I have faith: I'm trusting in the LORD to rescue me." He dies in the flood and meets his maker and angrily asks God why He didn't save him. "I sent you boats and helicoptors", God replies, "but you wouldn't get it".

I used to think this joke attacked something of a straw man, but now I'm not so sure.