Bitachon 148 - Fear Not - Israel's Enemies Won't Succeed

you're listening to the 148th edition of the podcast and we continue inim that were that were cated by of salant this is another in it's in chapter 37:3 trust inem and do Goodwell in the land and be a shepherd of faith the before it's important to point out before we get into this P before we see this is the third P of the chapter the first pk says don't enter into a competition with those who are evil don't look at those who seem to be successful despite their negative actions don't fall into the Trap of thinking that hey I want to be like them or perhaps I want to fight with them get into a get into a competition with them don't make that mistake trust in hem trust inem let's see the says like this hasem says to King David let's say you see that I'm doing something good for the for the wicked it looks like they're getting the benefit without doing what's right getting the benefits seems like they're having they're having having Divine assistance let it not be bad or or terrible in your eyes in your heart continue to do what's right to to continue to do good Chua do Chua come back to me do my will as says in lift off the sin from yourselves and take upon yourself to do good says the a powerful thing look if when it comes to those who are wicked who anger me they myly they're not doing me any favors I did them a favor it seems like they're successful you trust in me and and you are involved in learning Torah you're doing what's right certainly you should trust me if they're getting away with it so to speak and I'm doing kindness for them don't look at it in a negative way and think oh why why are they getting kindness why am I not don't worry if they're getting kindness certainly you will receive great kindness you need not worry that's why the PK says trust in hem and do good right if you are somebody who trusts in hem and you are doing good you can you can trust you can know it's going to be good that's the end of the that's the end of the you're going to dwell in the land means you're going to be you know everything's going to be good you're going to be you're going to be like a shepherd of faith says what was King David like he was like a worker who was working for a king his whole life he hadn't gotten paid and he was worried what if I never get paid maybe I'll never get paid then what happened was that this same King hired another worker and this worker only worked for one day and the the worker who worked for one day got paid he got drink he got food so that worker who is working his whole life for the king says himself if this person who only served hem so to speak for one day or in this case the king who only served the king for one day got paid was fed got everything good I who have been serving Hashem my entire life I who have been serving the king my entire life will certainly receive my due reward that worker left and the worker who have been working his entire life he began to be very joyous in his heart he was no longer worried about not getting paid this is what King David says in Psalm 4:8 King David says when I saw that my enemies those who were evil those who are wicked they collected tons and tons they brought in their crops they had success that gave me joy in my heart why because I know that if the wicked are getting paid for the little good that they do certainly I'm going to get paid for the great amount of good that I do the when am I joy in my heart when I see what you did for the wi that they had a tremendous amount of sustenance that brings two lines from says our trust inem and do good dwell on the land and be a shepherd of Faith said switch around the says trust in hem and do good says do good and Trust in hem so this sounds like the topic that we've discussed previously where you know of course we know R even someone who's Wicked and Trust in hem their works but it's better to be someone who has a real relationship with Hashem not just when they going and get stuff but I'm always trying to do hashem's will that's that's the that's the ideal now he brings from the Trust In created this world with absolute kindness hasem created the world with kindness and he's for sure going to pay you he's going to give you your just reward for for your actions and don't weaken from your service of God and from doing what's right stand strong and strengthen yourself in your simple service of God your your uprightness right the busing says earlier don't be jealous of those who do wicked Deeds corresponding to that it says dwell in the land this means to say is like this everything that hasm made in the world was made in order to serve Hashem right you see these beautiful Hills behind me the the uh beautiful trees blossoming and blooming all this was made to have a beautiful background for our Torah learning together say if you have accomplished this if you have the Merit the Great Joy the great unbelievable oer the the the prosperity to have connected to the will of Hashem to be using your existence in order to serve God I don't need to be jealous of those who are wicked and maybe have like a a nicer house than me or maybe have a nicer car than me or maybe have more money than me that's not it's not relevant what they have is just just secondary it reminds me of the story tell should be healthy and well that when he was a young Rabbi living in Brooklyn so one of his congregants one of his one of the uh people who was being M came to visit him and he they came into this little apartment it was a very wealthy man came into Rab's apartment and he said to him you were living the life the wealthy man saw that they just had a wholesome spiritual life even though they didn't have a huge home they didn't have a lot of luxury but they had a good life it was obvious even to the wealthy man who had it all says the IIT if you have a heart if you have a bit of imagination you can think about it it's like two people that they went to purchase merchandise one guy was walking along and he he was walking he didn't have any other means of transportation he didn't have a car and the mush he didn't have a horse and as he was going so he had some kind of needs he was on his way and he was able to take care of his needs whatever he needed he stopped he wasn't in such a rush he stopped by a a pit stop for himself some food got what he needed the second guy was on his way to get the merchandise and he wrote on horse he was so joyous he was singing and he got there quickly but he didn't get anything he didn't he was on his way he didn't stop at any pit stops he didn't really take care of his needs and he didn't purchase any merchandise in and he came back empty-handed on his way back he had to sell his horse in order to be able to eat anything on the way back because to the B when he got home the guy who rode on the horse with songs and and joy he didn't have anything to to show for it he lost his horse it says we could say that that's an understanding of the P that Torah is telling us you might see a guy's riding on the horse but in the end he loses the horse right can't take it with he to the Grave like the P tells us you know your honor your money doesn't follow you right but what what happened to the guy who didn't have the horse who didn't have the the fancy car he was just for for today we could call the analogy we're driving along in an old jalap which breaks down every 3 feet but the guy who is walking along as he's walking along he got everything that he needed never lacked for anything the guy who is Rich he was rushing along through life and in the end he loses his wealth the end he doesn't come home with anything right so that's the mush gives us and that's the dwell in a land live simply live simply be a shepherd of Faith live with your faith know that you're doing what's right you don't have to be so rich you don't have to be so wealthy you don't have to be you don't have to have all of the foolish things that life offers but in the end takes it right back says I mean SP this person could say look if if I don't steal I don't have any way to make money if I don't steal I don't cheat if I don't if I give Sedaka if I give charity to people I'm not going to feed my feed myself in my family p pares how will I have my livelihood don't say this but rather be a shepherd of Faith with his if you have faith in Hashem you will be able to eat you'll have your livelihood from the reward for your very faith and you trusted inem and you knew that you could rely on him and you could do good in other words we'll see this more you know this P we're going to spend two weeks son but we'll see this more as as we continue but Raji is telling us that I don't have to be worried when I do a Mitzvah how am I going to do this Mitzvah how am I going to be honest in my business how am I going to give charity I don't have the money I'm not going to have how am I going to have the money don't worry about it have have trust in hem if you do what's right it's going to work out it's going to be good for you the says as follows first the P tells us about having faith and then it tells us about doing good this is another aspect of it besides like Rashi said that I I can do what's right because it will work out in the end have in regards to your MIT will help you to to complete the Commandments that you want to fulfill in regards to in regards to the fact that you'll be able to succeed you want to do a mitvah you want to fulfill God's Commandments you want to visit the sick you want to help someone out who needs help you want to do a a kindness you want to give charity trust depend on Hashem that he's going to help you to do his will so trust in you're going to be able to do what's good and then put in all of your efforts interestingly put in all of your efforts in order to do what's right if you think oh I don't know if I have the ability to do this don't think about it that way don't worry about it Hashem will support you and he will help you you're not naturally talented you're not naturally going you're not naturally you're not the guy or the gal who has that ability to do that Mitzvah don't worry about item's going to help you you just put in yours hasem will do the rest the says like this King David of blessed memory he comes to mention and to exhort Us in regards to the character trait of of faith in Hashem first and then he speaks about doing good why does he do it this way why does he speak about it this way in this order this is to inform us that the that he's talking about is trust that you can do God's Commandments will give you the wherewith all he will give you that which is Preparatory in order to do that same idea hasem will help you he will he you can depend on him will make sure that you have everything you need in order to do those good deeds here he brings him is talking about things that detract from our ability to be quick in our fulfillment of Commandments there's excuses why am I not running to do a Mitzvah I'm afraid I'm afraid something will happen to me I'm afraid it's dangerous I'm afraid something go wrong sometimes a person will be afraid of the cold or of the heat person is afraid that he'll be damaged might get sick sometimes they'll be windy all kinds of excuses not to be quick to do a mitvah this is what King Solomon says the person who's lazy says all kinds of excuses there's a there's a lion there's a leopard in the road I'm GNA get attacked we find that our sages say that this kind of behavior is a negative behavior it's something which is associated with sinners in in Jerusalem so the Sinners were seized with fear they were seized with trembling those were flatterers one of the sages of the tal the said to his this student he said I see that you're afraid you must be a sinner you must have some AA in your hand says such an important thing the the fear that a person has that prevents him from doing what's right or prevents him from doing what's good is an excuse and it creates uh uh a way of being which causes sin and the correct approach is that which tells us in our trust in hm and do good toell on the land and be a shepherd of Faith a person just needs to trust in hem have faith have confidence and know I don't need to be afraid of anything only I need to be afraid of hem I don't want to be afraid of any other thing and I can go ahead with courage to do that which is right thanks so much for listening see you again next time