Remember, You're a King | Rabbi Binyomin Weinrib

When Shaul HaMelech is battling against Amalek, we know that Shaul HaMelech failed to obliterate Amalek completely and left alive animals. And Shmuel HaNavi comes along and gives Shaul HaMelech Mussar and says: Why do I hear the voice of animals? Why do I hear animals that are still alive? And Shaul HaMelech says, The people wanted the animals to stay alive so that they could bring them as Korbanos. And Shmuel HaNavi tells Shaul HaMelech the most important line that we need to remember when it comes to fighting the enemy of Kedushah, fighting the enemy called Amalek. Shmuel HaNavi tells Shaul HaMelech, If you're small in your own eyes, recognize and remember that you're the king. Don't get caught up by the voices of people around you who are convincing you what to do. Remember that that you are the king. When it comes to battling the enemy, when it comes to fighting the concept of the Yetzer Hara, fighting in the area of Kedushah, the most important thing we need to remember is That every Yid is a Melech, every Yid is a king. That we don't want to get schlepped down by the Yetzer Hara, who's trying to pull us down and remind us that remind us to think of ourselves as small and insignificant. When you fight the enemy, when you're battling, when you’re a soldier in the war, the most important thing to remember is that you're a king. Stand up strong. Remember how great you are. And in that way, you'll be able to fight the Yetzer Hara. The Ba’al HaTanya זי”ע tells us that often what the Yetzer Hara does is right before he wants to give us a challenge, in the area of Shmiras Einayim and in the area of Kedushah, he reminds us about an Aveira that we've done previously. And we're sitting there in the office and we're busy with work, and suddenly, the Yetzer Hara puts a thought into our mind, reminding us about the fact that we didn't daven Shachris properly, that maybe we didn't daven the Shemoneh Esrei the way we should, maybe we didn't take off our Tefillin at the end of davening, we took them off a little bit early. And sometimes we think that that's the voice of the Yetzer Tov, getting us to do Teshuva. Says the Ba’al HaTanya: It's the voice of the Yetzer Hara. He wants you to feel small and insignificant, to think of yourself as somebody who's a רשע, and once you're in that place, then you'll be able to fall to the next greater Nisayon that he wants to put in your way, the Nisayon in the area of Kedushah. And therefore, when the Yetzer Hara comes to a person, and tries to make a person feel small and insignificant, tell the Yetzer Hara: Not now. Remember what Shmuel HaNavi told Shaul HaMelech, If you think of yourself as small and insignificant, you're going to fail in the battle against Amalek. You're going to fail in obliterating evil completely. Remember, Remember your greatness. Remember that you're a Melech. Remember who you are. And in that way, you'll be able to ignore the voices that are telling you not to wipe out Amalek completely, and you'll be zoche to get rid of Amalek, once and for all.