Bitachon 153 - Always Start Alongside Hashem

you're listening to the 153rd edition of the podcast we continue we're talking about the p in chapter 37 verse 5 of of Psalms roll onto your ways trust in hem and he will do it for you says theit I'm sorry somebody who puts in effort into his service of God and specifically we we're right before por so we can think about morai and Esther who had to put in tremendous efforts in order to save the Jewish people a person who puts in efforts to save Jews person who puts in efforts to save himself his own yish kite his own spirituality his own relationship with hem he gets extra get extra power extra strength and the opposite is true if the person does the opposite King David says roll onto hm your ways trust in him and he will do it for you right talks about rolling what does it mean to roll so like we saw previously there's a concept of you start it and hasem finishes it just like when you're rolling a barrel let's say you just have to start the motion and then it moves on its own so what do you start with what's the beginning of your rolling what is that first thought that you need to have the first thought that you have in any action should always be I'm trying to do this for God's sake let's say a person is about to do something which doesn't seem like it's going to bear fruit per se doesn't seem like it's going to be successful in a natural way all you need to do is place your trust in hem believe that he is going to help you do it and Hashem will complete it right that's what this PK says Etc I'm sorry trust in him and he will do it when you start rolling you got to have the right intentions you got to place your trust in hm but hasm is going to complete it King David had experience with this type of situation when he came to fight golas Goliath so there was no natural way that he could could succeed that he could win the first intention that he had the way that he went into the situation was with a doing it for God's sake he saw that the Philistine the was doing it when when when he was attacking the Jewish people or when he was speaking about King David as King David came to fight with him he made fun of King David but he also made fun of God so comes in and says you can't do that King David says and this is atic in Samuel 1st Samuel vers 7 uh chapter 17 verse 45 King David says you come to me with a with a sword but I come to you with the name of God the the Lord of host the God who stands over the the battlefield of the Jewish people the the army of the Jewish people that you spoke negatively of that you made fun of you made fun of God don't mess with our God don't mess with the god of Israel he was saying I come you come goas you come with a sword you come with natural means to try to fight against us but I'm coming with supernat natural means I'm coming with the name of God because I am coming to thwart to to battle against your approach your way of thinking about God I'm coming with a K I'm coming with great anger to to bring back the honor to God that's what King David said okay that's the iits now brings the the way that a person wants to go we find tell us that they let a person go a person wants to do negative Deeds so he can succeed in that if a person wants to do positive Deeds obviously the positive side of reality is stronger he will also succeed he will certainly succeed right like the mission says person should choose way a way choose a path which is a splendid to the one who does it based on the ways of hem meaning there are certain actions certain means that a person wants to use let's say to make p to make his life livelihood so if the Torah says that this is permitted you can do it okay so but don't do the things that are not permitted don't try to do things don't try to succeed in a way which is against the that's what it means when you take your path when you start your path make sure you're doing something which is what Hashem would choose for you what hasem allows for you to do and then trust in him don't be so involved in your business don't look for more and more business for more and more merchandise to sell but rather minimize the amount that you are involved in your business with if you make sure that what what is my what is my goal is have more and more money or is it to have what I need so that I can learn Torah so that I can be involved in my hem if that's your focus if your focus is towards the will of hem and making sure of course to do things according to his will when it comes even to the isad list the efforts that we put in then both of them will succeed your skyro your merchandise your business and your T learning will also succeed he points out it's important to remember we need to remind ourselves even when we see success in our businesses the success is not in our ants interestingly when it comes to spiritual matters that is up to us when it comes to to Torah learning that's up to me say if you putting efforts into your spiritual matters into your Torah learning and you didn't succeed the gar says don't believe a person who says that because that's just not possible it depends on your efforts if you put in the right amount of efforts you will succeed in your learning Torah in your in your spiritual matter so interesting that when it comes to spiritual matters and the and the mum alter says the same idea when it comes to spiritual matters you have to put in every effort and you're learning you have to give it give it your all you can't just like sit there space out and sayem send me the information just send me a download that doesn't work you have to put in every effort if you put in effort you will succeed when it comes to spiritual matters but when it comes when it comes to your it comes to your livelihood it doesn't necessarily depend on your efforts because I could do something here and then the money can end up coming from somewhere else but if you are focused in this way on your spirituality and if you putting your full efforts into your learning Torah into your spiritual matters and minimal efforts into your scoro into your merchandise into your business then you'll have both of success in both that's the right approach to to life he brings here on the in the story about right these are this is his list over here we're studying together so in in the stories about him it says constantly review the importance of having trusting completely and studying Torah he would say something even further he would say that if you sit and learn you just sit and learn and you don't think about your you have absolute full hearted trust in God in the one who gives sustenance and Life to everyone to everything you are guaranteed that you'll have your livelihood it doesn't even matter how it's going to come but it's gonna come he said it could even be that the the golden coins will fall out of the walls of your house onto your head I'm adding onto your head you don't have to worry about it if you're focused if you're completely in your learning and it's like the rambam says also by uh call me call me call a person has decid is going to become like sh so they're guaranteed there needs will be taken care of a person who completely gives himself over to his to his spiritual spiritual uh matters okay here brings the he says a short line here another point it's good to davem just DAV DAV with full intent with all your heart you don't even have to say explicitly right I don't have to give Hashem advice about how to help me get what I need I don't need to say AEM send me my parosa through this send me my livelihood send me Success Through This that's not necessary hasem knows what I need hasem knows how to get me there let the paths let the means that Hashem is going to use to give you success or give you what you need leave that in hashem's hands that's a another in this brings here from the the kindness of Hashem is drawn down through prayer when we D and when we ask Hashem for things it draws down that which that which we need the kindness of hasem based on what we have the capacity to receive that's what King David says he refers to King David as the singer the sweet singer of Cl Isel so the singer says King David says roll onto your ways to pronounce this word properly that the PK is saying your ways and trust in him and he will do it it's coming to say that the aspect here is that what succeeds for the person has to do with what you are able to receive and it has only to do with the wisdom of hem only God knows what we really have the capacity to receive brings me back to the question which I I believe I mentioned last week but I I think about this you know um people say well if I be talking it's not really good for meem can make it good for youm knows what we really have the capacity hasm can change what we have the Capac to receive say this means what does it mean go roll onto your ways it means nullify your own will roll onto hem your ways it means means to say let whatever hasem has in store for you be good to you whatever hem chooses for you that's the right way sometimes in life we don't have a choice sometimes in life we end up in places that we didn't choose maybe a little uncomfortable maybe good but we think we look over there and we say oh well what if I would have chosen that or what if I would have made that choice no don't think that way recognize understand that anything that's happened to you the paths that you've taken the choices that You' made yes Shem chose for you that which is the best for you trust inm don't trust in any means anything that looks like that that's the thing that caused me to get to where I am today or that brought me to success don't don't believe that don't look at things superficially himself is the means of all the means he's the reason behind all the reasons as the end of the says trust in him and he will do it it means he will choose that which is the best for you you need not worry how did I get into this predicament how did I get into this situation how did I make why did I make this choice no don't think that way this is the right choice I made there's no regrets there's no regrets if this is where I am today Hashem wants me in this spot and I need to work with where I am trust in Hashem recognize that where I got to today is hashem's guidance okay this is the last piece that we have now on this PUK from let's say a person has a little worry about a small matter a little matter a little worry a little action I could take that perhaps can get me to where I want to get to give me a success I what this say says an amazing thing a little matter a little situation A little effort that's okay you can work in a natural way in that in that type of situation you can try to ask somebody for help human being says in Deuteronomy 15 ver 18 that hasm will help you in all of your matters right in all that you will do right so there are situations where I can do and I can trust that if I doem will help me I will have I will have Divine assistance but let's say it's something which is very big very difficult very challenging it doesn't seem like I can have there's no natural way that I can get what I need or that I can be helped so if I can't if it's impossible I don't have to do anything people think I have to do the maximum even though it's not going to work I have to do the maximum that's not true say sh in a situation where you can't you don't you don't have to a certain way this is that kind of situation is even is even more conducive to be talk I can't do anything so throw throw your pack all the way onto God throw it completely onto trust just in he will do it all like the says trust in him and he will do it trust in and he will do it means it's speaking about this type of situation person doesn't have any hope doesn't have any actions that he can take so then what should be the approach the approach says is just trust in Hashem just trust in Hashem don't try so hard just put all your efforts into trusting Hashem thanks so much for listening see you again next time