The believer must always leave open the possibility that God may hand out a freebie blessing, if He so chooses. He is fully able to do this if He decides to, and thus, a balanced faith will expect to pay for the home, while leaving open the possibility that God could give you it for free. One of the reasons why the Christian finds himself at times thinking within the confines of humanistic limitations, is because we have become so frozen in earthly systems that in many cases we immediately write off God from being able to do such and such.
And, whenever folks scratch off the possibility of a blessing, or a miracle, we usually become restricted to receiving only to the extent of what we believe. If He so chooses, God can provide free meals, and free housing at His discretion, if the person’s faith could handle the mere possibility. Whenever a need arises, or an emergency comes our way, in some instances the mode of thought is relegated to finite ways, and means, and in some instances, God is left out of the equation for last.
Now, even though we are taught in the scripture to utilize available resources, we should cultivate the habit of including God up front, because you never know what He may do in this or that situation. Here is an instance where God provided free meals, room and board for His servant.
2nd Kings 4: 8 And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as often as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!