Bitachon 119 - Times of Challenge

you're listening to the 119th edition of the be talking podcast and we have a switch of tone in the sookima was saying how Hashem is my shepherd Hashem brings me unending prosperity beautiful pastures endless Waters switches in pasigdala and says it's it's a little easier to praise Hashem when Hashem is clearly there when everything is going good but what about when things are hard what about when I'm in the gates I love us I'm in the Valley of the shadow of death I'm in a place of Challenge in a place of difficulty lawyer says King David and he had so many experiences had so many experiences in his lifetime was treated as if he was a mom's there he's treated in a terrible way he was treated you know he was chased after by his own son Absalom he had so many difficulties and he said you know I've had good times in my life and I've had challenges in my life and even in the challenges I'm not afraid of bad I'm Not Afraid as we'll see of the bad of others or even my own negative Deeds why because Hashem you are with me no matter where I am no matter how far I've strayed no matter how far into gullis into the Exile I am no matter how difficult life seems no matter how how things are headed no matter where they're headed no matter what things look like I'm not afraid because you're with me tells us a very powerful statement or a deep lesson the very means that you use which we mentioned last week we're gonna go over this week to the very means that you use to to punish me or to guide me back to get me back on the right track that's in Akama that's a consolation for me I mean how much you love me Hashem I know how much you care about me I know that you guide me to the place that I'm supposed to be you bring me to the place where I'm supposed to be said the magistration even when I'm in a dark death Latin place one of the places that David amalek was hiding was a place called midvarzif is hiding from his enemies I will not be afraid I know you're with me how do I know because it's your staff it's your rod it's a reference to the yes Mission Israel very interesting says what are the two things that I'm comforted by I'm comforted that I know that this is Surin come from you I absolutely 100 believe that the challenges and the difficulties are you guiding me back to the path that I belong on means the the it means also a walking stick something that you lean on in order to walk forward Hashem has a mission he has a walking stick what's hashem's walking stick it's the Tyra the terror is that which guides us on our path that which we lean upon we rely upon it's the directions for life that we know if we have the terror with us that's that's the nachama that's the consolation I have God's wisdom I have God's directions to get me back on path to get me back to the right way you might think that you know I can live a life which is purely perfect which is purely uh you know fields of green and and endless endless goodness it's not true posix says would that good and kindness chase after me all of the days of my life so this ah the word ah we find our sages tell us a is a diminution diminution it's it's a it's diminishing the word it's not always going to be true and I'm going to have good things in my life a person's in life a person lives his life there's almost a guarantee that you will have to go through certain difficulties and challenges in life but I can go through those challenges knowing that it's from Hashem and that Hashem gives me the Torah to guide me that's the measures now he brings a major shins like we said it's the difficulties in the Torah which they guide me and they give me consolation again says the same thing as the magic and it adds on another thing you might think that this is true in this world is so what's it what's it going to be like what's what's my Outlook my Outlook is that oh maybe it's going to be like this in the world to come so this is a little bit of a different shot we said ah means to say that there's a diminishment of the fact that I'm going to always have kindness and good here's another shot in this world it's true that I have challenges and difficulties but in the world to come in the place of my ultimate reward in the place where I have connection to Hashem it seems to be saying so there is going to be only good when in a place of Eternal reward so then I have that enjoyment for all times it's only good or that's one way of understanding it or it could be okay it could be that there's cycles of experience right if I only feel good all the time so then it could get you could get burned out right so maybe there's ups and downs in the world to come as well okay I don't know it's not so clear let's see the parish the marzu says I'm explaining this measure activities the good and the kindness the marzu says now listen to this it's amazing the gateway to all of the good the Gateway you want to live in Earth Israel which is the ultimate purpose of the Jew artist there are three gifts gives the ultimate gifts you've reached the end point if you're living in arts Israel you're there but the gateway to get there you have to pass through the Lake of Fire you have to pass where you're soon you have to pass through challenges and difficulties whenever somebody comes there is Israel a new a new immigrant as I always say to them the first year is the hardest you have to get through the first year when you get through the first year you get to the other side I'm not saying it's going to be easy after that but it's it's the beginnings but but the marzu is saying that this is set up the world you want to get to the Irish you want to be able to sit and learn you want to be able to sit and live in arts Israel you want to be able to get to wherever you want to get to you have to pass through the difficulties and the challenges on a simple level it sounds like he's saying the simple understanding in order to get to the world to come which is a place of constant enjoyment and endless higher and higher deeper and deeper connection to Hashem but in order to get there we have to go through this world we have to go through the challenges and the difficulties is throne of this world so this is a his it can be talking right because we understand we know I'll be talking we talk about the highest level of only good things happening to me right but even there I have to go through the challenges it looks like it's going to be bad right but it's possible on the very highest level of your tokens level to to have only good things but there's a lower level which is where we all are you know where we have to go through challenges and difficulties and remind ourselves and remind ourselves you're with me Hashem you're with me I mean you know I really get some of us since they've been answered this plastic is talking about we have periods to kufas in history that were decreed from Heaven that this time is going to be a challenging difficult time inquisitions world wars difficulties right I'm not going to be afraid that although the times are difficult times that it's going to be bad for me because your staff your your guidance will show me the way until I get out I'll be guided by you is telling us that when he goes through the difficult times the the that are decreed upon the world I continue I have a consolation in my heart because you're guiding Me by time then and the reason is that when these times of difficulty come to the world Hashem is Hashem will provide all kinds of unusual circumstances so that those who trust in him will be sustained they'll live despite the famine and they'll be saved from death again this is this theme that when we're in Exile we're distant from the place where we belong we're far away from Aaron's Israel we're far away from where the Jewish people should be like I'm not afraid because you're with me we finally say just say that although the Jewish people were exiled to the lands of Edom Hashem the the divine presence is with them gum say we are his precious Nation even there right it doesn't matter how much this religion says they became the chosen people or that religion says that they became the chosen people who were this country claims to be the you know the highest of mankind we are hashem's chosen people we have that special appellation 's power is everywhere and and the shevach the praise that you have Hashem to judge the Nations has a different shot in what is right The Machinist is something that we can rely upon that is we can rely that Hashem is going to bring judgment upon the nations of the world there will be righteousness the truth will come out in the end right how we were falsely accused how we were treated there's a different standard Harmony right the Hampshire the continuation of sukum speaks about how Hashem sets up the table for the oppressors of King David and his true for the Jewish people right our oppressors everything is waiting for them the the day comes there is a day that comes in the end Hashem shows the truths and all of the Nations receive Justice right even though I'm being oppressed right now even though uh you know there are people sitting in the White House who clearly want to give power to our enemies right it seems unfair what's wrong with them just wait no it brings the measures Hashem has the power she has the power to provide for us to give us everything that we need to give us right like it was in the mid bar in the wilderness session provided for us protection from the elements he gave us the food he gave us the drink Etc foreign so when I experience I go through an experience where I see that Hashem gives me what I need there are times of the year where I know I have a certain amount of money coming there are times I'm a freelancer and I work for myself but there are times that I know I have a certain set job every year Hashem will get me through the those times foreign I go through the times where things don't seem a certain I know Hashem is not going to abandon me then I'll not be afraid because you're with me you can save me you can take care of me shift says despite all of the challenges the difficulties the pain that we go through in our Exile machine but nearby we always have something to lean on what is the thing that we lean on okay he brings that the manager says that when yaakovina was sending a gift to asaph he placed spaces between the groups of animals why he wanted there to be space he wanted there to be space what does this represent it represents and teaches us that the challenges that we will go through as a nation the Jewish people they won't be one after the other we get killed and stumped and dropped and it's not going to be one after the other there'll be spaces between them they'll be there'll be a moment to breathe or more than a moment to breathe we'll go through a terrible situation and then we'll be given a land that we can return to where it will go through the worst worst possible Horrors but there's a space we don't get completely and utterly absolutely destroyed there's there's space and that's how we know that Hashem is still with us because this is something that consoles me whenever I'm going through a difficulty I know that this too shall pass this too shall pass this challenge it will pass we're gonna we're gonna get through this I have Hashem on one hand is giving me a patch on the other hand Hashem has a machinist for me something for me to lean on space but I can look forward to I can know it's going to I'm going to get there I'm going to get to the to that space one last thing we'll read from the aisle shift outside right the the um says that the experience of the Sonic as we saw earlier as we mentioned earlier and as we saw in previous weeks sometimes that Sadiq has a period of time without any difficulties without any challenges it's that open Green Field at that time God's name of compassion of kindness is being his Shepherd is guiding him taking care of him from the heavens when a person endures and goes through a righteous person endures challenges and difficulties they shouldn't think or feel that Hashem is not right with them right there with them going through the challenges with them who is at that time Hashem is so with the person says divine Olive says Hashem props us up when we're on the the bed the sick bed when we are it seems like we're at the end some props us up Shem sits there with us Allah that you're not allowed to be in a space above a sick person like to go on top let's say they're in a bunk bed to go on top you're not allowed because the Shina is there the divine presence is intimately present with a person who's very sick the divine presence is above is Sarah says I am with him in his challenge Hashem posix says stands by the right side of the poor person so David is saying look when Hashem is my shepherd shashem of that he's interacting with me in a in a way which shows clearly I see AB openly that it's his Mercy foreign so I have everything I need I'm not missing anything I'm not missing anything when I'm in that massive Hashem gives me like the ultimate ultimate good and he explains that the outshift that a person will have or it's Israel be able to live in Israel will be able to learn the Torah love everything that we need spiritually if I'm in a place I'm in a time where Shaman person is being judged for his sins after yatani eats me so challenges come maybe they come because I've done something wrong Sometimes they come to purify me so that I can get something good both but my yet Sarah will say look you know why this is happening to you the bad things it's because it's coming because you're because you're a sinner right that's what the ishara says but the response the isara is said Hashem is not just my shepherd when everything is going good when I'm having challenges and it's because of my sins even when I'm in a place where I'm being punished for my sins Hashem is there with me too and that is an incredible consolation because I need to really I need to think about myself honestly you know I'm not perfect I make mistakes I deserve sometimes the challenges and difficulties that I go through but that doesn't mean that Hashem has abandoned me here and dropped me because of the things I've done wrong all the way around explains other way around if I'm going through challenges and difficulties because of my sins even there Hashem is with me Hashem is by my side Hashem is in the darkness the Valley of the shadow of death the place of yitzhar the place of judgment I'm not afraid because you're with me thanks so much for listening see you again next time