Shnayim Yomi - Devarim - Shlishi - #3 - Rabbi Joey Haber - Realizing We Were Never Alone

Are you ever afraid? Are you ever afraid of what the future holds and you're literally nervous and waiting for the next shoe to drop? I think your fear makes no sense because of what we capture in Shlishi of Parshat Devarim. See, in Shlishi, Moshe Rabbenu starts to recap the story of the Meraglim, how this much the Jewish people came to Moshe Rabbenu and said, "We want to send spies." And Moshe said, "Okay, if that's what you want, we'll send spies to Israel." And the spies come back with an evil report and they talk about all the negatives of Eretz Yisrael and the Jewish people don't want to go in. And then Moshe Rabbenu comments, which is a comment that I think all of us need to internalize, not just for the people in the desert, but in our life. He says, "Uva'u midbar asher itam. In this desert that you saw, that Hashem carried you kasher yisa ish beno, that like Hashem carried you like a father carries his child, and you still don't trust him? He took gave you light at night and a cloud during the day and you still don't trust what he's going to do?" Here's my question to you. If you have any fear, something you're really nervous about, hasn't Hashem taken care of you till now? Hasn't he been here for you till now? You know what doesn't make sense about us? It's so often we have so much blessing in our life and we're so nervous about the future. You say, "One second. Hashem took care of you with with the child, the marriage, kids, business. He's taken care of you to this point and you're still afraid? You still don't trust him?" You agree with Moshe Rabbenu's question when it happened in the desert and you're saying, "How could the Jewish people complain? Hashem split the sea, gave them the Torah, gave them man, took guided them in every way. How could they ever complain about the future?" You know what? The same question applies to you. How can you complain about the future when you've seen the miracles that Hashem has done for you to get you to this point. So, the next time you're worried about the future, just realize, like Moshe Rabbenu says, like a father carries his son, is how Hashem has carried you till now. If he's done it till today, he can do it tomorrow. And that's the mistake that Moshe Rabbenu wants to reflect to the Jewish people during the story, when he recaps the story of the Meraglim. Good luck.