Bitachon 143 - Israel's Victory is Hashem's

you're listening to the 143rd edition of the podcast and we were reading together these twoim one next to the other in chapter 33 of Psalms of verses 21 and 22 we will rejoice our heart will rejoice in hem for we have trusted in His holy name the second let your kindness be upon us just as we have hoped to you so the PUK indicates the second PUK which we're going to speak about today the PUK indicates that according to the way that we trust in Hashem that is how Hashem responds and does kindness to us this is a classic idea we've discussed this previously the alter naric talks about it and it's very important you say the foundational idea when it comes to B when it comes to trusting in AEM and that is we think we naturally feel and we experience perhaps even that according to how much effort I put in according to how much I try how hard I try we always tell our kids I care how hard you try but ultimately we believe that according to how much we try that's how the results are going to manifest and the truth is as we learned from theim and as we understand if we internalize and and study the concept of the truth is that according to how much we trust in Hashem according to how much we put our faith in God according to how much we are to God right this could be a prayer or it could be a statement hasem his kindness will be upon us according to how much we have tried to trust in him how much we have felt hoped that he would help us so let's see a few different ideas based on this PUK together the first he brings here from the Rami Pano this means Pano says that it doesn't go by how strongly we'll see different opinions about this and some people out there some of you may have had different experience say with this Theo says that it doesn't go by how strongly I believe but just that I am consistent in my belief right it it can't be based on how strongly I believe it has to be based on the fact that I am that I am trusting in Him or perhaps that I continue to bring myself back to trust in him and if I do that I keep bringing myself back right that's something hasem can ask of us that's something that we could ask of ourselves I failed perhaps I didn't trust in you with all my strength but I keep coming back to you keep coming back to my strength to my to my faith in you which is my strength and in that Merit because we are trying to to trust in you hasem so therefore your kindness hashem's kindness is infinite God is infinite we are finite we are human beings right so we can't Hashem can't ask of us we can't expect of ourselves an infinite amount of of trusting or an infinite depth of trusting but I can ask hasem can ask of us and we can ask of ourselves to keep coming back to it keep coming back to our trust in AEM the says he if we trust maybe even once according to theak let's say I have like that full measure of trust that hashm you're going to help me and you're going to always help me so the result should be please Hashem let it be that your kindness is with us at all times CU that's what I that's what I believed that's what I hoped please allow it to be that my hope comes true says we are asking hasem that when he measures out the kindness that he wants to do with us it should be based on our actions he says what are we doing with our minds all day we are always turning back to you hhm we are always coming back to youm we are always asking you for help we always praying to you three times a day we D in and throughout the day we're trying to make that connection to Hashem we're always doing it please always give us your kindness says according to how we desire it according to how much we hope that hasem will take care of us that's how much it's going to be as we'll see God is our shadow means that just like a shadow as your hand moves L vtic says just as the shadow moves when our hand moves so to Hashem according to how much we hope to him not how much isless we do not how much efforts we put in according to how much we hope to him sincerely as sincerely as we can as constantly as we can that's how much we're going to see that hashem's kindness is shown to us we'll see it openly right of course hashem's kindness is always shown to us us we don't always see it but it's easy it's easier to see it when we're hoping as we've spoken about he brings the r in EO 36:7 and this this is a famous ran to those who study when a person knows Hashem when we recognize God will give us will protect us this is not true of other animals of other creations of hem is reserved the Divine Providence which shows special a special um care for the human being is specifically for the human being because an animal does not speak and it doesn't have the ability to recognize its creator but a human being does now because of this there is a special protection for righteous individuals interesting ran brings the which refers to the land of Israel which we know of course special Asus has incredible Divine Providence in the land of Israel it's not like anywhere else in the world the land of Israel naturally even the person who may not be as righteous the fact that a person lives in Israel which is a challenge it's Israel's nness be it's Israel the land of Israel is acquired through challenges and difficulties the the righteous individual no matter where they are this P applies to them the regious individual turns to Hashem places his trust in hem and therefore has more has more Divine Providence and I would add that the land of Israel makes us when we live in Israel when we come back to who we are where we belong the land of Israel forces us through the challenges to turn to God to turn back to Hashem look what's happening right now in the land of Israel even those who are far away from our tradition still they are turning back towards tradition they are turning back towards the god of their forefathers the righteous individual attaches himself and and this is our ideal this is what we should strive for of course to claim that we're righteous that we won't do but to to claim that we would like to be righteous that we would that we strive for righteousness that we do claim and this is what it looks like the absolute wres individual attaches himself completely to hashm constantly bringing his thoughts back to God in any matter of the world he's hungry he says Hashem feed me he needs parosa he needs Liv hasem s me livelihood once understands in the ran in he says hm help me understand what the ran is saying so this person says that this kind of person who attaches his thoughts to Hashem constantly that person no matter what he's going through in his life no matter where he finds himself on the the battlefield the literal physical Battlefield or the battlefield of life trying to earn his paros his livelihood he will be helped Beyond natural beyond the natural means he will be protected with a with a miracle hasm will constantly do miracles for this person the person who places his faith completely in hasem the person who does this he's not a worldly person in the sense that he's higher he's like an angel he's amongst he's walking among men but he's an angel according to how much the person attaches himself to God he'll have a more powerful full protection a person who distant from God in his thoughts and his actions even if he isn't liable for death for the sin that he's done but such a person will be left to whatever is happening whatever happens there is such a thing as whatever happens B says the eye of hasem is to those who fear Him to those who hope for his kindness as we saw a few weeks ago this means that the the sadic the righteous individual who we strive to be that person is looking to Hashem constantly attack attaching his soul to God and here's an integral and important for today lesson if we are deserving if we are attaching ourselves to God if we are turning to God for help if we are acting as righteously as we can we go out with only a few only a few soldiers are needed to go out to battle and we don't even need any ammo says the and we are victorious but if we are not properly righteous if we are not properly attaching ourselves to God as many soldiers as we have as much ammo as we have won't help us so what happens if we don't place our trust in hem is that heaven forbid we are left to to natural natural means and when it comes to Nature if if we are dependent on nature and our our physical ability that's just not going to cut it that's just not going to give us the victory that we need cuz the odds are just stacked against us there's just too many there's too many Arabs there's too many enemies and this reminds me it's very interesting I saw in the in theim in the blessings of of Yuda we SP saw the end of the par ofu gave special blessings to Yehuda Yehuda which is the forbearer he is the forbearer of King David of of DAV he's the forebearer of mhia David listen to the difference between mhia DAV and MH because it has to do with us very much the difference is that yakob says to Yehuda that when you chase your enemies you will grab them from behind will grab them from behind means that they'll be running away from you the the unique and and this is miraculous cuz King David Yehuda the Messiah who comes from King David is somebody who lives in a miraculous way he fights in a miraculous way which is what we're discussing here which is why comes to mind for me is a different kind of Messiah of of a messiah he fights as we fight today he fights with power with resolve with Hashem but it's not the miraculous type we have to do we live in the world of mhia Y at this time we have to do we have to put an efforts we have to go out to battle we have to have ammo M they're running away that's the blessing of Yehuda they're running away mhia is able to get them from behind because they're on their they're in flight and that's miraculous because enemies Face Off Face Off with us with with with audacity and that's how it is today but it's going to change as we as we begin as we go into the age of mhia bav and as we have a leader like these things will change and we will be so dependent on Hashem in a good way we'll be so connected to Hashem everything will be miraculous they'll be turning away from us they'll be running away from us they'll be so says the nations of the world will see that hashem's name is upon us when say it's when they see the fing on our heads which of course our soldiers today are trying to do now there's really a lot more on this PK and and it we're running out of time so I think we'll we'll continue with this P next week I'll just read a few more lines I'm sorry this is the the Salvation that we experience the victory that we want to experience depends on how much we trust in hem like the says please let your kindness be upon us the way that we have hoped to you says in Isaiah 30:15 you will be saved in a in a calm way with with quietude and with confidence that's your power that's going to be your power if we have if we have confidence not in ourselves obviously but in ourem when our confidence is in Hashem so then we are saved with without any kind of stress without Difficulty says says I'm to my beloved and my beloved is to me my I have a relationship with my beloved which is HEM according to how perfect how much we have worked on our in our trust in God that's how Hashem responds and saves us in a miraculous way which doesn't require so much stress right it's true it's true that we need to do hisas but how much hisas do we need to do according to how much we have to do there's going to be more stress and according to how much we talk that we we have we need we need less isas we need less efforts and according to how muchas we need that's how much stress we have so here's a tip a stress tip trust in hasem the according to how long we've been waiting sometimes we wait in order to before we get our Salvation sometimes we wait before the answers come the answers we're looking for but if we're waiting and we're waiting and we're waiting there's a parallel if we're waiting and hoping not demanding so important not demanding but believing confidence so in measure for measure the kindness and the Salvation comes when a person hopes Hashem in this way so they're hoping for the ultimate good and that ultimate good which comes from Hashem it's endless Hashem is endless and his kindness is endless thank you so much for listening see you again next time