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Have you ever wondered why it is that
you were put here in this world? I mean
that everybody has a purpose. Everybody
has some reason why they're here. Now,
we have a collective purpose. There has
to be some type of purpose for humanity.
There's some purpose for the individual.
There's some purpose for me, but how do
I find my unique purpose? What am I
supposed to be contributing to the
world? I want to talk to you about
discovering yourself because I truly
believe that once a person finds their
purpose, they will live with purpose.
Let's talk about it.
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What's up everybody? Welcome back to the
Nissene Black Show. Uh I am discussing
today one of my favorite uh topics I
would say which is finding your purpose.
A lot of people over the years have told
me there's no way to really find out.
You'll never know what it is that Hashem
really wants from you. Uh you just sort
of have to figure it out. Whatever
you're doing at the time must have what
to do with your purpose. And to some
degree there's some truth to the fact
that you know wherever I am at that
point in time could have a lot to do
with my purpose. That I will agree to.
But if somebody's going to tell me that
there's no way that I'm going to know,
there's no way to know what it is that
Hashem put me here in this world. I'm
supposed to go through my life and not
know what my God-given mission is. I
mean, nobody's going to be able to sell
me like that. Nobody's going to be able
to sell me on it because when you look
inside of the Torah, everything is with
purpose. everything that each movement
of everything that's going on inside of
God's word is showing us that everything
and every person has a purpose and this
was done and this unique individual um
in this particular story was only
brought through this situation in order
to have or to in order to bring about
that person's actual purpose. Case in
point, Joseph, Ysephadic or uh in
English, a lot of circles refer to him
as Joseph the dreamer. God revealed to
him over and over again in his dreams a
lot about his purpose, about who he
would be, what his mission in this world
was. He has a dream at one point that
you know the sun and the moon and the
stars are all and 12 stars are bowing
down to him, right? He's recommended a
bit by his father Jacob who asked him,
"Should I and my my wife and and your
brother, we shall all bow down to you."
Right? Uh another and another time he
has another dream uh that his sheath,
his his wheat sheath is there and all
the other 12 sheeps bowed down to him.
And he goes off and he tells his
brothers, you know, there's many
different commentaries that talk about
why and what and if that was okay and
whatever the case was, but I don't want
to discuss that. I want to discuss what
Yseph saw. And Yseph saw his godless. He
saw his greatness. He saw that he was
something special. He saw that he was
going to be in a position of leadership.
And for whatever reason, he saw those
things very early on. And God allowed
and slowly over time, I would say, God
allowed himself to be revealed to Yseph
in more and more ways. And ultimately
his purpose in life to him, what it is
that he was here to do. And we see
Joseph make his way uh, you know, from
the pit and from the pit being sold down
into Egypt. And once he's down in Egypt,
he ends up as a a slave in the house of
Potifur. And there he's uh you know, you
know, tried on fraudulent charges. Then
he finds himself in prison. And from
prison he he interprets dreams, right?
So we see a connection between him and
dreams. Him his connection with him in
dreams uh you know later on leads him uh
to to being in front of of of the
pharaoh or parro I don't know I forgot
how you say it in English even. Um, but
he stands there before him and now
because Yseph or Joseph was a dreamer
and he had this gift, this God-given
gift of being able to interpret dreams
which later on leads him to being the
viceroy of Egypt and ultimately the
whole entire world region world is saved
because of Joseph. And not only that,
what he dreamt came into fruition. His
brothers came and they all bowed down to
him. Even his father bowed down to him.
So we see that there is some purpose to
every single thing that happens to a
person. If you have dreams, don't just
take them lightly. If you remember the
dream, you should understand that God
communicates through dreams. Now, I
would say a lot of times we dream about
whatever it is that we thought that day.
Uh we thought whatever uh came our way.
We just anything that passes through our
mind. uh you know I can't say just
because we had a dream about it but we
should understand that sometimes there
are significant dreams there are things
that happen inside of our dreams that
we're not necessarily uh thinking about
uh things that come from left field and
not only do we dream about them but
these dreams stay with us and they
linger and there's many many different
uh ways that God has of communicating
with us I'm only using dreams as this
example right now because we're talking
about Yseph but a person has to
understand that Hashem is commun
communicating with you all day long, all
throughout the day, trying to push you
on the path of what your intended
purpose uh uh for you to be in this
world, what you are here to do. Now, one
thing we know for sure is that every
single thing in this world was created,
God said, for the sake of his glory. So
that means that there whatever your
purpose is, whatever your unique gift
and talent or whatever your unique
mission is in this world, it definitely
is rooted in the fact that you were
created in order to glorify God's name.
I hear this a lot from you know new
emerging artists that they are trying to
always find, you know, which sound uh
what it is that they should do uh you
know uh what what type of marketing and
they're thinking about all these
different things. a lot of external
things. And one thing I ask people all
the time, are you ready to make music
that is going to glorify God? Is that at
the top of your list, right? When a
person goes into a career path, whatever
it may be, whether it's something that
may even seem mundane to a person, does
a person walk into that place saying
that ultimately I know that I am here in
order to increase the cavode, the glory
of God in the world, and this is the
reason why I'm here. Ultimately, this is
it.
So one of the ways that a person will
find their purpose is through personal
prayer through honest conversation with
Hashem. A person has to get to the place
and we all have to get to the place
where we say master of the universe show
me who I am meant to be having honest
conversation with God. Rabbi Nakman
breastliff tells us that if a person
persists and sets a time a considerable
amount of time with Hashem every single
day you will not leave this world
without knowing what it is that you were
put here for. A person will not leave
here. I mean secluding oneself and
engaging in conversation with God will
ultimately reveal to you what your
purpose is. This is the main key. This
God is the main address for a person to
find. So if a person speaks to God in
his own words, it will bring clarity.
It's going to align you with the will of
God because you're constantly talking to
him. It's just like this. If you have
two friends that spend a lot of time
with each other, after a while, you'll
notice that these two friends uh almost
become the same person. They laugh at
the same things. Uh they they they begin
to enjoy the same things, same type of
music. Uh they may use some of the same
jokes over and over again. So much so
that if you have one person that knows
them that doesn't know them together but
he knows them you know exclusive from
exclusive from one another and you see
one person you'll say you know what you
really remind me of this other person
and it is until afterwards the person
says the name and goes oh that's of
course that's my best friend and they
start to h I could tell you guys spend a
lot of time with each other so what
happens with us is that after we spend a
lot of time with Hashem then we begin to
mimic him we begin to reveal more of
God's light into the world because we're
spending a lot of time with him. And
because we're spending a lot of time
with him, ultimately we are led into the
treasure house of God and we're able to
get in and be able to find more and more
not only about the workings of God, but
ultimately what it is that our purpose
is here in this world. And so this is
why engaging in real and deep and honest
conversation with God, secluded away
from the rest of the world, and it's key
that your person listens to me when I
tell you this. You have to be away from
other people in the world when you
engage in this conversation. It is
beyond uh effective. It is beyond um the
greatest path and the greatest way for
you to actually be able to find your per
purpose. So what what a person will have
to do in order to do this is set aside
the time every single day uh for daily
raw unfiltered conversation with you and
Hashem about your struggles about your
desires and ultimately your purpose. And
it's okay to ask God, please Hashem,
show me what it is that I'm here for.
God, why did you put me here in this
world? I want to know what it is that
I'm supposed to be doing here with all
this time. I mean, think about it. A
person's allotted a certain amount of
time to be here in this world. Right? If
a person is not cognizant of what it is
that their purpose is, they can
ultimately spend a lot of time wasting
time. And who wants to waste time? So
there's one particular prayer that I
pray to God a lot of times when I'm
secluded with him. And I say to him is
that
you've already revealed because I've
I've gone down this path. You've already
revealed to me, God, a lot of what my
purpose is.
I'm able to see things in a very clear
way. Please, what whatever new thing
that you bring my way, help me to be
able to have the discernment to be able
to understand or to be able to know of
whether or not this thing is aligned
with my purpose. And if it is not
aligned with my purpose, please save me
from wasting any time with it. Because
anything that has nothing to do with our
purpose
ultimately will be aiding in us wasting
our time and will be take us taking us
away from what our mission is in this
world. And one thing that we have to
know more than anything else what is
even deeper the deepest level of purpose
right will be not when a person
understands necessarily who they are but
it's knowing who's you are knowing who
you belong to who who's giving you life.
This is what we're here to do. Another
thing that will help a person find what
their purpose is and specifically and if
you could do this in your time of
seclusion that's really the best time or
even before a person lays down at night
uh it would also be a great time is
something called uh the accounting of
one's soul going deep within yourself.
The first part we're talking to God
we're asking God to reveal our purpose.
We're speaking with him. We're asking
him to uh uh you know to help us from
whatever it is that we are. We're we're
engaging in that relationship with God.
What I'm talking about here is a little
bit more specific to the person to the
self as making accounting of one's soul.
A person thinking about what it is that
they're doing in their life and whether
or not they should be devoting their
time to it. Speaking deeply not only to
God but to oneself what we will call in
Hebrewh
taking an accounting of oneself and and
looking at yourself uh from the sake of
character. Am I developing the proper
character that I should have? And as is
brought in the book of limitations says,
"Let us search and examine our ways and
return to Hashem." Each time that a
person engages in this accounting of
one's soul of looking deep within
themselves in their own personal
devotion time, I'm talking about here,
not with other people, not around other
people. This is you to self and reflect
on yourself. Every time a person does
that, you are going to ultimately reveal
more and more of your purpose. And in
these times, we're able to see certain
patterns and certain things that we've
done in our life that Hashem has been
trying to reveal to us. We start to see
and understand the way in which God
communicates with all of us. Finding
purpose requires deep uh self-reflection
regularly examining your thoughts, your
emotions, all of your actions and asking
where am I falling short? person has to
be honest enough with themselves to ask
themselves
where am I falling short.
The next question is what traits what
character traits do I need to fix? Where
am I going wrong? And the next question
after that is a very very big one. Which
habits do I need to change in order to
grow? And you can even ask the other
question which is even very much so in
the same ballpark. What is it that's
holding me back from being able to be
close to Hashem? What are the things in
my life that that are inhibiting my
relationship with God and ultimately
stopping me from being able to find what
it is that I'm put here to do? What is
my mission here? And so for some people
this can be very hard. So, what I
recommend is that a person keeps a
journal. Journals are always good and
you will always hear me talk about them
because I have one. I have a little book
that I keep with me. Uh, I have one
that's filled up. I have another one
that's not filled up. But journaling is
great. When you write and you reflect on
your thoughts, all of your emotions, uh,
character development, things that you
want to achieve. There's a book called
the path of the just that was written by
uh Rabbi Moshe Luzato um famously known
as the Ram Khal and where in which he
instructs a person to make for
themselves an image we would say a image
of the perfect you it means to visualize
a person should close their eyes and
visualize the ultimate you what does
that look like I'm talking about with
the perfect character traits uh with uh
with the whatever success that that
person uh desires to have uh you know
primarily spiritual success. But
whatever it is that a person wants to
accomplish that you would make for
yourself in your head an image of you.
You know what do you want to look like
or whatever the case is you make that
image of yourself. And in this
accounting of one's soul that every day
a person is engaged in you would measure
yourself where you are today with that
image that you made for yourself. And
every day that a person does this, you
look and see how much closer am I to
becoming that ultimate person that I
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Very important practice and something
that everybody should implement. So the
next thing comes to no comes at no
surprise for anybody, which is to study
God's word, study God's Torah.
Ultimately, if a person wants to find uh
their purpose, you have to be looking
because the Torah is a light. It's the
light that shines and it will guide a
person's path. Just as it says in the
book of Psalms, your word is a lamp to
my feet and a light to my path. So, if a
person wants to know on which path to go
to for sure studying God's word who God
is the he's the God of purpose. He's the
you know of all purposes of all purposes
is God. So if he's giving a word and a
mandate into the world, it's very very
uh important for uh for an indiv
individual who wants to be able to find
their purpose to look inside of it to
look for themselves. You're looking
ultimately for yourself, you know,
inside of God's word, which is very
important. So the Torah is the blueprint
for life for a person. It's the
blueprint for life for all of us. It's
guiding us towards our mission. Studying
it refineses our character and and
reveals Hashem's will for all of us. So
if a person could learn every single day
some type of portion of Torah uh whether
a person's learning inside of the you
know the five books they learn Mishna
and Gamarra or Musar which are books
that are talking about developing our
character traits which are very very
important. I would tell you this right
now more than probably any type of
study. People are busy with with many
different type of uh uh uh books and
different things and the legal works.
The real truth is is that if a person is
honest with themselves, we should be
spending way more time in books that are
talking about character development,
things that are going to ultimately help
us fix who we are. Because a person can
learn and study Torah all day long and
still walk away from whatever it is that
whatever house of study the person
learns in and be and still be the most
cruel, vile, and nasty individual. So
why would it not be more important for
that person to probably shelf what he's
learning and to learn things that are
actually going to help him develop the
character traits? Because after all, if
any person has spent any little bit of
time reading the Tanakh, reading through
the prophets, seeing and learning about
God, and this is it. I remember when I
first started learning myself. I began
learning the Bible. I was um very
enthusiastic about finding out more
about God. I remember taking a a Tanakh,
Old Testament, a Jewish Bible, and I I
put it on the table and I slid it across
as if somebody else was on the other
side. There was nobody there, but I was
learning so much. And and at this point,
I was very confused in my life. I didn't
know which path I was going to go on.
And I said, "You know what, God? I'm
going to read this book from cover to
cover, but I only want to know your
character. I don't want to I don't want
to memorize verses. I don't I don't I
don't want to be uh, you know, use it
for scholarly scholarly reasons. I only
want to know your character. I want to
know what you love. I want to know what
you hate. I want to know what you want.
I'm trying to learn you, right? and I
want to learn about you. And I remember
engaging in that. And there are key
things that if a person spends time
reading in the prophets, reading, you
know, inside of the Torah, like there
are certain things you are just going to
know about God. You are going to know
that God loves uh the the widows and the
orphans and and you are going to know
how God feels about a person cheating in
business. That the things that really
tick God off. And you'll see that there
will not be as many mentions about a lot
of other things that we may do that are
very ritualistic, right? Uh as opposed
to the the corruption of a person and
when a person becomes more corrupt and
the way that they behave with other
people and how they treat other people,
these things are are are the very things
that upset and uh God the most. If
anybody spent any time uh listening to,
you know, a lot of these stories, they
have a lot of these uh what do you call
them? Indees, near-death experiences.
And no matter what religion the person
comes from, I've listened to a lot of
these. And one of the biggest patterns
that I've heard from people uh over time
is the
the fact that they were taking the test
to how they treated other people. That
was the main thing that they heard about
upstairs was about how they treated
other people. And if any person is
honest with themselves and were reading
the Bible, we're reading the Torah in
order to get to know God, we would know
what it is that God loves, what he
hates, what he desires. And ultimately
by learning about God, you will learn
about yourself in God. You will be able
to understand more about yourself and
ultimately you'll be able to find your
own purpose. So you have to incorporate
this into your daily uh learning Torah
every single day in order to find some
type of understanding and clarity and
direction in a person's life.
The next thing I would say is that a
person needs to work on rectifying their
bad character traits, fixing who they
are, who is strong, one who conquers his
inclinations.
So your purpose is tied directly to you
overcoming your weaknesses. When a
person first rep through their
accounting of their soul realizes that
they have certain weaknesses and they
see those weaknesses and those things
are exposed and a person begins to do
the work of freeing themselves from
those things that have them bound. And a
person does the work of uh you know
releasing and escaping from those things
that have the person imprisoned.
Once a person does that, they begin to
reveal who they really are. And by
strengthening themselves, you're going
to be able to see sometimes not only in
your particular situation, but how it
affects other people who are around you.
And you'll begin to see the the
influence and you'll be able to see the
light that you are shining in the world.
the more and more you pull away yourself
or pull the darkness that's covering
ultimately your light because all of us
are some form of light. We come from
God. We're created by God. God is is a
awesome and bright light. So the more
and more that that light shines in you
and you begin to see how it affects
other people, you'll begin you'll begin
to be able to see why it is that you
were created, what it is that you were
put here in this world to do. Every soul
has a unique struggle. Your struggle can
be one thing. Another person's struggle
could be another thing. But every person
has their own unique struggle. Whether
it's anger, uh whether it's jealousy,
laziness, arrogance, lust, whatever it
is, each person we share, you know, to
some degree, every person shares all of
these things. But some people have to
deal with one thing more than the
others. And fixing these traits bring
you closer to who your true self is.
Ultimately, if we are to say that the
the ultimate reason for the world to be
brought into the into existence is in
order to glorify God, that that means
that ultimately that you have a purpose
that you are here to glorify God. And so
character traits that would deny you the
opportunity to reveal God's light into
the world, those things once they're
removed will ultimately reveal your
purpose in this world. And you'll be
able to fix these traits and they're
going to bring you closer to Hashem. You
will be closer to him as a result of you
fixing all of these traits. So you
should identify your main negative
character trait. Find it out. I they
always say that, you know, when you're
surrounded by people and you and you
have a bunch of uh people trying to uh
attack you, what do you do? I was always
taught you knock out the bully first.
Wherever the bully is, that's you hit
them hard enough and everything else
will start running. And each person has
to know that tied to that bully. When
I'm talking about that negative
character trait that is unique to you,
you struggle with it more than other
people than that, you know. But this is
your one thing or your vice, your
whatever the case is. I don't care what
language you use. But once you are able
to conquer that, it will ultimately make
the rest of everything else run their
way. And you'll be able to find what it
is that you were put here to do. And all
of these things collected. Another way
to be able to find your purpose comes
from Rabbi Naklo.
He teaches that through reciting to him
or the psalms with sincerity, one can
find his true purpose and path of
repentance. And repentance literally
means returning. How do I return? And
returning to God. And by returning to
God, we're returning to our ultimate
selves, right? Who we are in God is the
real you. I tell people all the time,
the real you is not the person who's
struggling uh with whatever you're
struggling with and all of whatever
addictions that a person is fighting
against. Whatever it is, those things
are not the real you. And the more and
more that a person accepts those things
as being them, the further and further
you will be away from finding your
actual purpose. Once a person realizes
that the real me is the me that I am
when I'm with Hashem when I'm seeking
him out when I'm uh when I'm in prayer
and when I'm fighting against all odds
against all the negativity or all the
different things that are there fighting
me to try to push me away from God those
are the things that are blocking me from
my ultimate purpose in this world and
finding who I am supposed to be because
the real me is the me that I am when I'm
with Hashem when I'm feeling very
distant and the light of Hashem is not,
you know, shining on me the way that it
that I know it to be, that I know that
it could when I'm in that state, that's
not the real me. The real me is the me
when I'm with Hashem. So reading through
the book of Psalms and finding all the
different ways and paths of repentance
through these books and finding your
unique path, meaning that when I'm
reading it, I'm not I'm not reading the
struggles of of someone else. I'm not
reading King David's struggles. I'm
seeing myself inside of these psalms.
I'm seeing my own struggles. Okay? I may
not fought that physical battle, but I'm
fighting a spiritual battle. We are all
fighting a spiritual war. And so, by
reading those things and fighting
whatever it is that we have to fight in
order to, you know, get to the next
place in order in order to claim a
victory. Those are the things that
ultimately blocking our purpose. And by
fighting those things, we will be able
to reveal our purpose. And that is why
we have to read the book of Psalms
because ultimately a person will be able
to find their path of repentance. So if
you can read it every day focusing on
whatever verses that there are that
resonate with you. Um and that's another
thing you know most people that have
gone through the book of Psalms are some
degree are seasoned in it. They know
which one is their favorite. I happen to
love Psalm 37. That's my favorite.
That's my wife's favorite is uh Psalm
51. So each person may have their own,
you know, particular preference, but why
is it that you like that particular
psalm? What about it? Why is it that one
that's screaming to you the most? That
that's your go-to song. Why does that
why is that the one that you remember
the most? Your purpose is is hidden
right in front of you. A person's
purpose is hidden right in front of
them.
The Psalms express every human emotion,
guiding the soul towards its mission. So
read it daily. Focus on verses that
resonate with you. That's the takeaway
from that. The next thing I want to
discuss with you is something I've
discussed with on different podcasts
before uh which is seeking the right
environment and mentorship. It says in
the ethic of our fathers to make for
yourself a teacher and acquire yourself
a friend. Right? So surrounding yourself
with the right people who elevate you uh
righteous mentors and friends and
tour-based community helps you stay
aligned with your mission. This is the
you know you will be far away from your
mission of glorifying God if you find
yourself in places all the time that are
trying to snuff out his light. If you
find yourself amongst people who are not
welcoming to the idea of of of God and
his sovereignty in the world, then
that's not an environment for you. Hey
guys, what's going on? I want to tell
you really quickly about an organization
here in Vermont Bait Shimish named Cole
Kare. Cole Kare is an organization that
provides essential support to kids with
dyslexia and other learning
disabilities. They do everything from
making sure that they have personalized
lesson plans all the way to advocacy,
which is very important. A lot of these
kids are falling through the cracks in
the regular system and a lot of them are
misdiagnosed. But Co-Care through their
assessment has found that most of the
time it's just learning disabilities.
Unfortunately, because of the war,
people have reallocated their funds to
different war efforts and misplaced
families, rightfully so. But
unfortunately, what it's led to is a lot
of these kids falling through the
cracks. And now this wonderful
organization is at the brink of turning
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And you have to move yourself and do
everything you can. Sometimes I I would
even say that a person may have to make
big sacrifices to get out of
environments that are going to snuff out
the light of God in your life in order
for you to reveal the true you. I one of
the biggest
decisions I've ever made in my life was
shortly after I at least understood and
knew that the path that I was going to
was towards a Torah lifestyle, joining
the Jewish people, joining the
commonwealth of Israel and giving my
life over to God with uh complete and
unadulterated,
undivided
heart I put into my path and my journey
of looking for God and trying to come
close to him. And once I knew that and
ultimately knowing that in the future it
would lead me to convert to Judaism, I
made a very tough and difficult situ
decision to uh distance myself from
close friends and from family. Not
because I didn't love them, not because
I was trying to get away from uh who
they were and what they were. I was
running after something. And that
something was so powerful that it
required my undivided attention and that
was God. In addition to that, it was
the idea of being the ultimate me and
being the person that I wanted to be. I
knew and understood that as long as I'm
in an environment that is not conducive
to me finding myself, meaning finding
myself in Hashem, finding myself with
God. As long as I'm I'm in an
environment that is not promoting such a
thing, I'll never actually be able to
achieve my goal. Not only will I not be
able to achieve my goal,
I'll never be who it is that I was
supposed to be because I will be in an
environment that all the time that is
constantly showing me and telling me who
I have to be. So environment is
everything. The people that we decide to
uh put in our lives and surround
ourselves with this is everything. This
can make or break a person. And more
than anything,
finding the right guides, the right
people, the right friends that are going
to encourage you on this path doesn't
mean that, you know, it it isn't over. I
love my family. I talk for my family
now, but I needed that time and space to
be able to find out who I was. And I
can't be a person that other people want
me to be. And so, in order for you to
find your purpose, you have to fight.
You're going to have to fight to get out
of environments that pull you down. So
your purpose will unfold on Hashem's
timeline, not yours. It's not going to
be in your timeline. So trust that
Hashem is leading you. You have to trust
that even when things seem unclear,
Hashem is guiding you. This is faith.
This is trusting in Hashem.
So trust in itself is another thing
that's going to guide you. That in
itself, trusting and knowing that God
will not leave you in the dark. We have
to understand this about God. He wants
for you to know why you're here. He
wants for you to have purpose. He says,
"If you seek for me, you will find me."
Right? Where's God? Where where can we
find the deepest and the most awesome
manifestation of God's presence? It's
deep within every single one of us. Each
one of us are tell Elohim. We are an
image of God in this world. God, we all
of us are a piece of of God's awesome
and great greatness is in each and every
one of us. The deeper we go inside
ourselves, we will find a discovery of
Hashem. We will find a discovery of
unadulterated and pure light that's deep
inside of every single one of us. But we
have to search for it. We have to look
for it. And we have to trust the
process. We have to trust that God is
going to do that for us. Most people
give up on finding their purpose because
they don't believe that they can find
it. They don't believe that God wants to
reveal this. And because they they don't
believe it, they will never take any of
the actions that I just told you with
real seriousness, with the with the with
the idea and with the drive that I'm
going to use all of these things in
order to find my purpose. And the reason
why they would never do is because they
don't believe God will. And there's a
different type of relationship that we
have with God when we believe and we
trust and know that he will do something
for us as opposed to when we hope and
wish or we just deny it alltogether.
Doesn't mean we don't believe in God but
we don't believe in everything he wants
to do for us. And so one thing that's
going to help you is for sure
strengthening your faith by reading
stories of divine providence, hashbaka
pratit uh reflecting on times that
Hashem did guide you and things that you
did see from him and that you did know
that he was there and pushing you and
guiding you in a certain direction
because God wants to do for you.
And you have to know that when you take
small steps toward growth, Hashem
reveals your mission.
All you have to do is get in the game.
Start committing yourself to one act of
kindness, one uh uh whether helping
somebody, giving saddaka, uplifting
others, doing something uh you know, and
moving in a certain direction. All of
these things help and aid in you finding
your purpose and knowing that ultimately
God wants to reveal it to you. I in my
own life have had many dreams. In some
places when I I lecture publicly, I
actually talk about the things that
actually happened inside of my dream or
my wife's dream that I know that God is
guiding me that way. People could tell
me all day long that they think I'm
crazy, but guess what? I'm living with
Hashem. I don't care what you think. I'm
living with Hashem. I don't care about
how much, you know, another person may
may believe, may not believe, or or any
of that. Please trust you me. You will
encounter many people that are
skeptical. Even people that call
themselves believers. They call
themselves a person that believes in God
and they're always skeptical of of any
story or they ridicule stories of of
God's divine presence or God revealing
himself in other people's life. And and
you know there are some times where
those things, you know, can be pretty
outlandish. But ultimately, what does it
hurt you to believe in it? What does it
really hurt you to believe in it? What's
going to happen? somebody's going to
swindle money out of you now because you
believe it. The truth is this. Listen,
God will reveal himself in your life as
much as you want him to.
And as much as you want to keep him
distant from you, and what you'll see is
that most people that talk that way,
they never invested real time and
getting to know Hashem because in their
life, they have this little bit of a
feeling and a little bit of of what we
would call of of of dust, a a whiff of
atheism to where they they they say to
themselves, I wonder if the whole entire
thing is even true at all. But for a
person that's truly strong in their
faith, they'll be more than willing to
rely on God. They'll be more than
willing to trust in God to be able to
look deeply inside to find what their
purpose is. They'll be willing to go the
extra mile in order to find what it is
that Hashem put here in this world for
them to do. So the truth is this, your
purpose is waiting for you. Hashem
already, it's already mapped out.
Everything is completely mapped out for
you. And your mission is already inside
you. It's just covered up by all of the
layers of our character flaws and
character traits that we're trying to
overcome. Bad character traits we're
trying to overcome. All the distractions
and all of the doubt. Doubting that God
wants to reveal his purpose to you,
reveal your purpose to you. Doubting it.
This is what is stopping us. And the
more and more you refine your character
traits and the more and more you align
yourself with Hashem and the more and
more that a person talks to Hashem, your
purpose will naturally reveal itself. I
am so sure in myself
about major major things. I would say
100%. I I don't know everything, but I
would definitely tell you I can I can I
can say to anyone with confidence that
God has revealed what my purpose is in
this world.
He's revealed to me um in layers the
tools by which I need to use in order to
accomplish what my mission is in this
world.
And I say that because I have invested
if not thousands hundreds and hundreds
of hours of prayer and self-sacrifice
in order and with a belief
with the belief knowing that God is
going to reveal what my purpose is. It's
a confidence that a person has to have
that God wants to reveal this to you. As
I said, it's already inside of you.
Speaking of purpose, one of the purposes
of me having this bottle here of uh
whiskey, Israeli whiskey, which is
mine's Hava. If any of you have been
following me for some time, you know
that in 2021 I released my own uh you
know, bourbon style Israeli whiskey that
actually was doing very very well until
I got overwhelmed with touring and
touring went like crazy and Israeli
shipping everything went up like a
while. So I I kind of shelfd it. I put
it on the side and I started touring and
I got very busy. We released it, you
know, I think it was four Yeah, four
years ago. We released it four years ago
around this time. It was actually close
to Porm, the holiday of Porm. For those
of you who do not know what the holiday
of Porm is, go look it up and I'm sure
it would absolutely blow your mind. So,
I brought it here to be able to have
with all of you just before the holiday
a little bit of uh I'm not such a big
drinker. I can only take a little bit at
a time, but to have a little, as we
would say, I want to say to every single
one of you who have been watching the
podcast, taking in all of the content, I
thank you so much. I appreciate all of
you and I'm praying that every single
one of us this year are going to be able
to reveal our own purpose to ourselves
in order that we should grow, in order
that we should reveal more of God's
light in this world. So for all of you
I'm wishing you a happy and
say amen.
And remember to serve God or live
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