Is the situation the questioner is experiencing now their destiny, and was provision not available to them during this period, or was provision available but they did not strive for it and did not take the necessary means?

Striving to earn a livelihood is Islamically required. If you have dependents whose sustenance is your responsibility, such as a wife and children, you are obliged to work to provide for them, as the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "It is enough sin for a man to neglect those whom he is supposed to provide for."

Allah commanded Maryam to shake the palm tree despite His ability to provide for her without effort, to demonstrate that earning a living is obligatory. The widely held view among the majority of jurists is that earning to the extent of necessity is a fard (obligatory duty).

Engaging in earning for one who is able is better than dedicating oneself solely to worship, and such a person is not allowed to receive zakat.

The Shari'ah commands taking the means to earn a livelihood, as Allah Almighty says: "So walk among its slopes and eat from His provision." This does not contradict predestination or reliance on Allah, for belief in predestination does not mean abandoning the means.

Whatever provision has been decreed for you, you will attain it, and no soul will die until it has received its full provision. However, this does not mean abandoning the means; rather, the Muslim is commanded to employ them.