Bitachon 199 - Fortress and Protector

you're listening to the 199th edition of the podcast we continue in The 91st chapter of toim B the second P the second verse the it's a famous chapter we say it every the one who dwells in a hidden place above the one who dwells that's either Hashem himself as it were or it's talking out we who try to Nestle into his protection we try to rest in the shade of his wings then we have our I will say on behalf of God I will say tells us I want you to know something about Hashem God is my protector God is my Fortress my God I will trust him he brings here from the when I say I'm behalf of God that hasem is my protector and my Fortress so I'm saying is saying that God is a type of wall he he's a protector he stands in the way of my enemies he stands in the way of the forces that would wish to cause me damage my God I will trust in him God says you trusted in my name it's as if as it were it's a response I say on hashem's behalf that you God are my protector and you are my Fortress and God says you trusted in me I promise you that I'm going to do I'm going to stand there I'm going to protect you I'm going to be there for you as a result of your trust another whenever a trouble runs after me seems like they're running after us it seems like the troubles are close by what do I do I run to the Fortress ofes God says said per he said I just I don't want to fall into the hands of my enemies I just want to fall into the hands of hasem meaning I want to go to that place where I'm protected I want to go to that Fortress which is Hashem that's one another is can mean a fortress right it's a place that's enclosed that's one aspect of it but it can also mean a trap it's a place that's enclosed but it can mean a trap so according to the second understanding Hashem gathers my enemies into that place into that building where Nala was bombed together with him many henchmen Hashem gathers my enemies into a into a trap and he gives them over to me you find that in regards to Shak the the explanation on the bottom is that it was a an officer a high ranking officer of Aram that King David was able to Vanquish you find by him we find by Goliath goas Hashem provided him the opportunity to he gathered the enemy into a spot or brought the enemy into a place where he could easily be vanquished so we need to know Hashem is the one he's our protector he's also looking out for the downfall of our enemies as well he's he's putting all the pieces in place so that we can win so we can overcome our enemies right in the first pk as we mentioned before so we were saying how Hashem dwells upon High we try to Nestle into his shade so when we are there when we are under his protection we are constantly underneath his wings as it were I don't separate my thoughts from him I'm always asking AEM for help all day long I'm saying hem help meem take care of me come he is my Fortress from those who wish to rise up against me it's as if I'm in a powerful Fortress he is my God and he brings about Justice for me he gets revenge it's not my job to get revenge hasem settles all the scores and I will trust in hem he will save me from the Pim of the times meaning from whatever things happen negative events that that occur as time passes it's inevitable that things will happen and I ask that he pray that he answer my prayers that when I pray he answers my prayers that's brings here from he's talking about the advantages of somebody who trusts in hem as opposed to somebody who believes in alchemy and for us the proper analogy might be someone who believes in his business acum and his successful uh business advice that he follows whatever it might be there's an advantage there are many advantages to just trusting in hem not depending on whichever Idol we would we would order arily depend upon a person who's an alchemist so he's afraid that someone will discover his trick person let's say who's has some kind of trick in buying stocks and he knows how to play the market he's afraid if everyone figures out his trick he's not going to be able to do the trick anymore so this person who has a certain power is afraid that that from every single person a young person an older person anybody could anybody could come and and take his trick if I have trust in hem if I have faith in Hashem if I have Hashem on my side and in my life and helping me and taking care of me so then all of the people in the world show respect for me don't have to be worried about any kind of damage they're going to cause meem even bends the will of the birds and the stones to this person's needs as it says in our chapter which is if we Nestle under the wing of Hashem so then all the good things happen hasem is our protector hm is our Fortress we know we can trust him and all of the world responds because of the fact that we are people who trust says like this a person is obligated to remember the promises of Hashem Hashem makes promises about somebody who trusts in him if I trust in Hashem there's a promise where are those promises located they're located in an our chapter it's worth reading the entire chapter there maybe we'll do that next time the this chapter of is talking about challenges and difficulties that come he's GNA save you from the from destruction right it's all about me being saved from the challenges and difficulties of Life of my enemies Etc so but how does it start the beginning of the of the song of DAV is built on concept of why is it that I believe that Hashem is going to help me why is it that I'm so sure that it's going to work out because of my as it says I am saying how am I meriting to have this salvation how am I meriting that things should work out good for me because I am saying Hashem is my Fortress Hashem is my protector hem is the one in whom I trust in the middle it says said says you are my exalted protector you placed your Abode right so there's an abode there's a place where I can get to that's with him and there I am with him and protected by him and in the end it explains what does this come from what's the root says that how do you get talk where does it come from it comes from love of Hashem which is built on knowledge we'll see more about this soon but the PK says later on in this chapter what is the foundation for this it's a a desire to come close to hasem that's when Hashem if I desire to come close to hem Hashem releases me from the the forces that try to entrap me and when I know hashem's name says the PUK when I know hashem's name Hashem gives me abundance and prosperity and success that means abundance so what so what's the prescription here from the maspik he's telling us that what we need to do first is to have a sense of Love of hasem an awareness of his name that comes from learning the that comes from pondering and contemplating our lives and all the kindnesses that hasm does for us pondering Ram looking at the heavens seeing the stars there are many ways to come to Love and Desire of hem but that's the foundation and then once we have that we build on that we build on that our trust and we say well if hasm created all these he can take care of me and then the result is and I'm protected I'm taken care of says the Ezra short concept he points out the which sounds like I will say to but that's not what it means which means to can mean on behalf of so he's saying is telling us onf of God he is my protector he is my Fortress he's my God who I want to trust in who I will trust in D is saying I tried this out I want you to know I'm not saying this just like a platitude not just saying something nice I'm saying something which I myself have applied and I've seen it work I trusted in hasem and it works he took care of me he protected me he saved me says I will be your guaran I guarantee it how many how many types of behaviors can we think of that there's a guarantee from one of the one of the of all time King David himself he says I promise you I guarantee it I stand behind it if you trust in hem you're set that's the IM Ezra says the may we need to understand that when DAV says that God is my protector and my Fortress it's not saying that God is obligated to be my protector or my Fortress what is the reason it's not cuz God he takes care of every single living creature and that's true absolutely true but there's a different level of perhaps we could say when I trust in him then it becomes an absolute fact if I trust in Hashem there's no two ways about it Hashem is going to give me what I need he's going to take care of me he's going he guarantees his absolute well will will be that he will be a rock and a fortress for me a powerful Rock to protect me it's interesting I'm just thinking as I read this I don't know if you see but behind me there's some rocks over here over here and I'm in an area in the Hills near be chesh and there are many locations if you look around here you'll find caves the caves were actually heun out of Rock they could have made the caves under Earth but they didn't do that well most often they actually were able to somehow chisel out the Rock and create Subterranean caves because and this perhaps with this we get understand why I refer to as the rock it means that is our Rock because if you want to be protected properly you need rock rock is what protects it's solid it's impenetrable I think of the the uh sealed rooms that we go into they're solid solid Sol hasem is solid solid Sal he's the he's the powerful rock is the reinforced cement that protects us says the Al I will say the PK talks about the fact that God is yes and he's far off in the greatest reaches and depths and Heights of the G Galaxy he's in the highest spiritual Realms but whether God as it were is found in the highest Realms if I can get up there so to speak into the highest Realms that's that's nice but if I can't get up there and I'm searching for God's protection even down here in the shade as it were where is the place of the of the of God's wings as it were where we are protected it's in bik in the temple in the mishkon the Tabernacle this place where we fulfill the will of Hashem in a concentrated manner is the place where we experience Hashem and we can Nestle into his shade says that God is close to those who called him when I say that God is my protector God is my God sorry even if I don't see an open manifestation of God's presence in this world I still am trusting that God will fulfill my requests and he will save me so sometimes I feel like I'm down here I I'm not such a lofty person I'm not feeling that way today I'm not connected today I'm in the dark I'm in the shade right the shade of Hashem as it were is a place where you don't see Hashem you don't see the light but nevertheless I say I know that whether it's it's fully lit up here or whether it's dark over here I know it's all it's all you so please answer my prayer when he when you speak that way whether I'm in the dark or whether I'm in the light Hashem please answer me so then that's what P looks like thank you so much for listening see you again next time