The Spy Who Didn't Break | Rabbi Nachum Binder

Nisyonos. We tend to look at Nisyonos as our enemy. We tend to look at Nisyonos as a way to get us down, trying to get us to fall, to fail, and it's something that we have to fight and make sure that we overcome. The של”ה הקדוש in Parshas Vayeira teaches us a tremendous יסוד. The Ribono shel Olam sends Nisyonos to us not to see if we will pass or fail, but the Ribono shel Olam sends Nisyonos in order that we should overcome. I once heard a beautiful Mashal. There was once a spy that was spying for a country in a different land. And one day, as he was walking down the street, the secret police of that country jumped on him, took him into a car and accused him of spying. And brought him to a place, a secluded home, in a secluded area, and tried getting out of him all the secrets of the network of spies of the land that he was spying for. Being a good spy, he was quiet, he was strong, he was resilient, he wasn't talking. Until they made that threat. They tied him up, hands and feet. They took a big axe and held the axe over his head. And they said: We will chop your head into two, if you don't tell us. He almost broke. That was something that he couldn't begin to imagine. And as he was about to start spilling the beans, he overheard two of his captors talking in the language of the country that he was spying for. And in a split second, he realized, They're just testing me. It's not the enemy who caught me. It's my country testing me to make sure that I don't spill the beans. Zagt the של”ה הקדוש, That's what every Nisayon in life is about. And especially in Kedushah and Shemiras Einayim. The Ribono shel Olam sends us the test, because he knows we can succeed. And he wants us to succeed. He wants us to score 100 on every single test, because he knows we can.