Cleaning out the Sewer | Rabbi Nachum Binder

So many people have the same question. What does Hashem want from me? Why is it so hard? I feel that anywhere and everywhere I go, whether it's walking down the street, going to a Simcha, or just shopping at the grocery store, I am constantly barraged by challenges and Nisyonos in Shmiras Einayim. Why does it have to be so hard? And what is the purpose of such difficulties? A Chashuve Talmid Chacham from Yerushalayim, Harav Hagaon R’ Yitzchak Schwartz, a Rav in Givat Ze'ev, shared with me a fascinating Leshem. The Heiliger Leshem, one of the greatest Mekubalim in the last century, asked this very question in one of his Sefarim. And the Leshem tells us a very deep understanding. The purpose of creation, of every human being, is to be Mekadesh this world and be Megaleh Kvod Shomayim, to reveal the beauty, the glory of the Ribono shel Olam in the entire universe. And for years and years, the thousands of years until Moshiach will come, our job is to continue to purify the world, to bring out more and more Kvod Shomayim. And as the world gets dirtier and dirtier, as the world around us gets lower and lower, the Ribono shel Olam chooses special Neshamos to have to deal with challenges that we never had to deal with in years gone by. We have to find ourselves in situations where we sometimes think, Am I so low that I have such a challenge? But the Ribono shel Olam wants something from us. Because the Ribono shel Olam needs His world to be purified, and the only way that this purification process can take place is by us finding ourselves in that sewage system, finding ourselves in the dirt of the world. Challenges, but struggling with them, fighting and overcoming, and bringing out the Tahara and the Kedusha of this world. Morai v’Rabosai, the next time you find yourself facing a challenge that you can't believe you have to face, picture yourself as an essential worker in the Ribono shel Olam’s palace. Picture for a moment the Ribono shel Olan telling you: My child, I need my world to get clean. I need my world to get Tahor. I need my world to get ready for Moshiach. And I need you to go into the blata fight, struggle, overcome, and be Mekadesh and Metaher this world, that it will be ready for ביאת משיח צדקנו, במהרה בימינו, אמן.