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every single one of you watching this video is going to have a time in your life where you are called to some sort of responsibility where you're called to do something great called to do something awesome something Incredible or perhaps most importantly something necessary and inevitably when that time happens we may doubt ourselves we may question whether we're really capable to fill this Mission it might be something Grand like moo being called called upon God to set the Jewish people free it might be something on a smaller scale being there for our children being there for our spouse being there for our community where do we get the ability to believe in ourselves where do we get confidence when God called upon M to set the Jewish people free moo reacted skeptically he says they're not going to listen to me they're not going to believe me there are commentaries that take the stance that MOA was actually doubting the Jewish people and how mosha was actually doubting the Jewish people is a big question it's a big deal but I'd like to approach this from a different angle there are MAF there are commentaries that take the stance that Mo raenu was not actually doubting the Jewish people MOA Renu is actually doubting himself he didn't believe he was capable some commentaries say he doubted whether he was a legitimate Prophet that the Jewish people would actually believe in since he was outside of the land of Israel and there may have been other halakic concerns that would question the validity of his prophecy and although he knew he was a prophet cuz he's talking to God he didn't believe the Jewish people would know in any case he was doubting whether he would be influential so God says I'm going to give you a sign what is this that you have in your hand mate it's a staff this staff that MOA ultimately turned into a snake is going to be a sign that mosa could be successful how was that a sign to Mosa that he could be successful so I think in the simple reading of the text mosa had something that he could take to the Jewish people to show them look I'm legitimate I could take this St I could turn it into a snake but commentaries actually take the stance that it was a sign foru not just a sign for the Jewish people it was a sign that he could have confidence in himself not just for the Jewish people to have confidence in him how is this staff assigned that he could have confidence in himself the saaro explained that God was trying to communicate to Moshe that I could take something dead a staff and I could turn it into something that's alive a snake I can bring life to those who are lifeless and if you think that the Jewish people might not hear your words they're spiritually lifeless don't worry I'll bring life to them you don't have to worry I got this don't focus on the results focus on your job your job is to do what you got to do your job is to talk to the Jewish people and let them know g red Redemption is coming you question whether they'll listen to your words whether they'll believe you whether you're capable your job is not to focus on how capable you are your job is to do what you got to get done I had a mentor in the therapy world who used to say don't focus on whether your clients reacted well whether you did a good job or not that's not your job your job is to do the best that you can do and not necessarily focus on the results when we focus on results we get in ated we get distracted when we focus on what we need to do and who we need to become we become a lot more successful hasm is tellinga focus on who you need to become and on what you need to do and I'll do the rest I'll take that lifeless stick and bring a snake that is alive I'll bring life into it have faith that your actions are actually going to be meaningful the malim takes it a step further it's not sufficient just to have faith that you could be successful Hashem is conveying to mha I want you to see that there's actual evidence for your success Hashem says TOA what is this in your hand mha says is a staff that's the HEB word for staff and the maam explains that if you look throughout tanak whenever it talks about a staff or a stick there are three different synonyms that are used there's a Mel there's a mate and there's a mish three different words or synonyms for staff andem points out to M what are you holding and MOA says almost like a Freudian slip it's a m it's not AEL AEL is the type of Staff you'd use as a Shepherd it's just my job well when it's just my job I can question whether I'm capable for this job or not mosa could have said a mishis it's what I use to support myself almost like a cane as if he's weak and if that's the approach we have okay there's room to question ourselves but Hashem got to say no it's not a mishis it's not a Mel it's a mate it's a staff it's a stick of royalty it's a stick of leadership Hashem was pointing that within Misha you have that leadership quality within you I don't need you to just believe that you have leadership qualities and that you could be successful I want you to see evidence for that success because you're literally holding that evidence in your hand you have the leadership within you when we are called to do something great whether it's on a large scale a communal scale or something in our personal home being there for our children being there for our spouse and we tend to question whether we're capable of this look deep within and see yourself holding that staff see evidence for your success because that success is there the fact that you've been called to this mission means that there's evidence for that success you can do this writes in that one of the fundamentals of one of the fundamentals of having trust and confidence in your success is knowing that there has been evidence for success in the past Hashem has been there for you in the past and therefore you can believe that Hashem will be there for you in the future Hashem wants moisha not only to believe that he will be successful and not question whether there'll be results or not but Hashem wants mosha to know that there's evidence for his success Hashem got mosha himself to say look I'm holding a staff I'm holding a stick of leadership not a stick of Reliance and independency you got this friends that's my story and I'm sticking to it