The Torah tells us that Yitzchak "planted his field and he found a bountiful (100X) harvest". The wording seems strange, if he planted then why does it say "he found". When a person finds something it means that thing came about without any effort as if he happened upon it. If you go to work and you get paid in the end of the month you wouldn't say that all of a sudden you "found" thousands of dollars (i.e your salary) in your bank account.

In truth though, Yitzchak lived with a very high level of trust in Hashem. He realized all of his success was due only to Hashem and had nothing to do with his effort. Of course he needed to put in effort as this was part of the curse given to man after the sin in the Garden of Eden, but he understood clearly that his effort was not the source of his success. Therefore, even though Yitzchak planted, he related to the harvest as being found as this was totally a gift from Hashem, not a direct outcome of his planting.  This in fact is how we should all relate even to the salary that IY'H we find in the account at the end of the month or any other success that we should all be blessed with.

There is a story told of a wagon driver that came to the Chafetz Chaim crying. He told the Chafetz Chaim, that the horse that pulls his wagon died and now he no longer has a way to make a living, his source of income is gone. The Chafetz Chaim told the man that if in fact he thinks that the horse is what brings him income and is the source of his livelihood, then he should mourn and cry. But if he realizes that the horse is just a means for Hashem to provide him with income then there is no reason to be upset. The source of his income still exists and He will send his income through another means.

Shabbat Shalom,

Heath