Bitachon 157 - Israel is Guided by G-d

you're listening to the 157th edition of the podcast we continue discussing the p in chapter 37 verse S of be quiet to hem and hope to him don't be jealous don't try to compete with the person who's successful through negative ways this silence this quiet it what comes to mind for me is what we experienced this past M shabas with a incredible attack on the land of Israel from Iran we were up me and my family the older kids till about 3:00 in the morning and we didn't know what to expect we assumed that we would have to run into our mad our powerful room protective room of course Hashem is the one who protects us and um miraculously miraculously tremendous unbelievable Divine help of success in protection from this massive attack and one of the things I'm thinking about with this PK is that my wife told me that she has a friend who didn't even know that the attack was going on she went to sleep early that night her kids had fallen asleep she and her husband went to sleep they woke up in the morning they didn't understand why there's nobody on the streets everyone else had stayed up late but they weren't even aware they didn't have a radio they don't have internet and um they slept through the night they were quiet they didn't have to experience the danger the the fear they just got to experience retroactively the fact that they were quiet and they experience the the amazing miracles of Hashem let's see together with the says in this the perfect righteous individual believes with a full heart important thing if I didn't need to experience a difficult situation so the wicked person the wicked Iranians wouldn't be able to to cause me pain to make me afraid they wouldn't be able to caused me a negative emotion hasem can make as he did for for I don't if it was Stalin or one of the leaders of Russia who plan to kill the Jews he had a he had a stroke or he had some kind of medical issue he just died come he could just die he came in sh with Kai inq he so why is the enemy of the Jewish people still alive why are our enemies around it's because wants him to be there everything hasem does is for his own sake and also the evil one on the day of evil that's part of hashem's plan Shem wants that there be times where the righteous individual has a bad moment and the rightous individual has done perhaps something wrong or perhaps wants him to be closer to him so he places the evil the wicked person in his path so that the righteous individual will call out to Hashem Hashem help us Hashem save us was the experience that we had on when the raous individual perfects himself when we turn to hem when we when we pursue the goal that for which Hashem placed that Wicked person in our path so then the wicked person falls seven times therefore the righteous individual should not run after the wicked person to try to hurt him sh said looks like a lack of humility it looks like a rightous individual does not need to strike the wicked person who is coming to attack him because then when a person does that so it takes away from his it shows that he doesn't really understand who that Wicked person is it's hashem's Hashem brought him here will take him away from here which is why we find at the highest level the level is we sit and learn or we go to sleep and hasm destroys our enemies this is what the means when it says be quiet unto wait for's salvation until hem sends his help from the holy place mean means make sure I need to make sure that I am trying my hardest to get to the goal to realize the reason why this is happening it's because hasm wants me to come closer to him I got to make sure that that's my goal that's what I'm trying to do me and my son at 3:00 a.m. or whatever 2:30 I don't know exactly what time it was we were trying to learn Torah my wife and the other girls were trying to read toim that's what hasem wants but don't go in the way of the person who has all of these plans let's say you see that someone was successful in running after the enemy and destroying the enemy destroying the wicked person don't fall for that you have to keep your head on straight As far as what is the propera what is the proper Outlook that hem wants us to have in these situations don't compete with him and say I'm going to do what he did okay we have a short thing here from According to this understanding it means being quiet in my relationship with hm that's good thing there's different approaches to do I ask hem for what I think is good for me or do I say look hasem you do what you know is right for me so according to this understanding means be quiet just let Hashem determine what's right for you we don't really know what's the best for us so just trust in hem that hem will give us what is right for us who knows if what I'm praying for is really something that's not good for me maybe I'm asking for something that will cause me damage that will cause me to be lost so to speak rather what a person should do is be quiet hope onto hasem know trust have confidence that hm is going to give you the best thing the right thing for youm is the one who knows the truth of what's good for each and every individual the says as follows the way is human beings are normal our way is to try to get in good on Get on the Good side of somebody who is Rich someone who is successful person will come to them the rich person they'll they'll ask the rich person they'll beg the rich person please help me save me help me with your money and they don't look at whether this person who who is rich is a righteous individual or a wicked individual right it matters where the money comes from you can also have a situation where both a person asking and a person being asked they sin they do something wrong what's the mistake of the person who's coming to ask the rich person for help person who's asking can make a mistake by placing their trust in a human being instead of placing their trust in hem I need to make sure that my trust is always in Hashem even if I'm asking somebody for help I need to remember and remind myself over and over that the person if they're going to help me it's just going to be a they're just going to be a messenger of God so that's the first mistake that a person can make taking their faith taking their confidence and placing it on some on a human being instead of on God there's a danger for the rich person because you might refuse to help the poor person our s say that such a situation involves something akin to serving ID the person who's not giving Saka is's not he's not doing an AC of sin he's just not helping out he's just looking away but this hasem will consider to be a sin says that in a certain way it's like idolatry that when a person thinks a thought of idolatry hem considers it as if did an action so to here says the AL when the rich person turns away from the poor person ignores It's seems like it's passive it is passive but hasem considers it like the person actively did an a sin so these are the dangers when a when a when a poor person comes to a a rich person [Music] so this is what King David is telling us if let's say it seems like I don't have the money I don't have the wherewithal I don't have the means to do the things that I need to do to take care of myself Etc don't have I don't have bread to put on the table that's that's one of the worst difficulties of all is not having bread listen to my advice for you says King David be quiet unto hem trust in him instead of crying and begging the rich person hope into hem put your hope in hasem cry to Hashem with the same level of person comes to a rich person and they they come their head is bowed they have a certain level of of subservience do the same thing with ask the one who the the the gold and silver belongs to him don't compete and don't connect yourself to someone who is Rich who is successful to beg him to give from his gold and silver to you because it comes out that you're turning away from your trust inm and you're trusting in a human being who has all kinds of plans the person who has lots of plans the person who thinks that it's theirs the person who thinks that they work so hard for it it's it's quite likely that they they'll say hey I earned this you go and earn it as well why should I give you for my money that's the it's a natural thing people think instead turn to aemm doesn't think that way Hashem is ready to give us what we need all we need to do is ask all you need to to do sometimes is beg and cry and say Hashem take care of me Hashem take care of me and last year we have a beautiful thought the last idea from this on this P beautiful thought from sometimes a person has an experience there's some decree that comes upon them they don't understand why is this happening to me why did this difficulty occur to me I'm a good person I'm trying to come close to you God why is this happening to me but if you understand and recognize that everything that happens in your life is only from God be quiet recognizes from him and Hashem has a purpose while he's bringing this challenge into my life right now this very day Hashem has a purpose Hashem has a a a goal with my life with me he's he's my partner in my life this is what it means it means from the language of it's a language of birth be quietem is with you he's bringing you somewhere he is he has a plan for a new creation for you he has a new life that's waiting for you a better reality a better existence anything that happens to a person is to bring the person to the Future to the good future that Hashem has in store for you what does it mean it means trust in him that that which he has decreed upon you it's to it's to create a new path for you a new way will help you get to where where he wants you to get to where you need to get to and that's why I finishes off and says don't compete with those who are successful seem to be successful these are the people who think that I establish my way in life I decide where I'm headed I am the one who holds the keys to my own destiny no don't make that mistake even if it looks like that guy who made such a decision is successful he's he's blazing his own path don't be jealous of this person don't think that this person is really succeeding because he's not doing that which Hashem wants of him he's not following on the path that Hashem is blazing for him so what's his life worth very strong says what's his life worth if he's blazing his own path but the path that he's choosing is not the path that hasem chose for him we get this unbelievable Merit we get this unbelievable opportunity be quiet to hem the the New Path the new reality that I'm headed towards Hashem is bringing me there and all the things that I'm experiencing all the challenges that I face all of this is all in order that I get there to that new reality Hashem has in store for me which is the ultimate goal of my very existence thank you so much for listening see you again next time