Bitachon 243 - Placing our Trust Correctly

You're listening to the 243rd edition of the podcast. We are studying together one more time. This is what Hashem says. Cursed is the person who trusts in a human being. The sun buster is who makes his strength the source of his strength to be from flesh and turns his heart away from Hashem. So I believe that we read this last. I'm going to just go over a little bit. The red says, "He turns his heart away from let's say a person trusts in a human being but does not turn his heart away from hem. It's not bad if that person trusts in a human being." Right? So an important principle in that if we're going to trust in human beings, we have to make sure that the trust that we have is really ultimately on Hashem. That we recognize that the person who's helping us, his power is only from Hashem. The Mal says because you can it's possible same idea you can trust in a person but still be trusting in Hashem. He's believing. It matters how we think about these things. I need to think that Hashem is helping me through this person, right? This person is Hashem's, Hashem's messenger. that although the person is trusting in a human be talking about the main the word is means an arm but the point is that a person's arm is where their strength is right their main strength is in Hashem they're they're they put their I would say the power of their ine But if a person is trusting in a human being to the extent that the the strength itself the power that the person believes that he's getting is a power of a human being. He only trusts in the power of flesh and he completely removes his heart. The connection to Hashem. So this type of person is going to be cursed. And we think about the the concept of a curse. Concept of a curse means really a disconnect from Hashem. Hashem is the source of all braha of all blessings. So what is a curse? A curse means that you're not connected to power to the real power to Hashem. And a person who disconnects from hem the result is exactly what they did. We could explain that this is where the person is headed when he turns his heart away from hem. Person needs to be extremely careful. It's very easy to make a mistake in trusting in a human being. When a person trusts in a human being, that person could end up of instruments. Our hearts play music to us. They play us emotions. They play us feelings. And our heart can start to feel connected to a human being. Can start to feel like that's the source of my needs. That's the source of my existence. It's just a feeling. I got to make sure that the feeling I have control over the feelings of my heart. It's possible to keep my heart connected to Hashem. That's what I got to make sure to do. My feeling, my sense has to always be. Whatever I'm getting, it's coming from Hashem. Now, we're going to do some some new things. There's a doubling over here in our we said cursed is the person who trusts in a human being he places flesh as his power. It it says the same thing twice, right? He's trusting in a human being and he's placing flesh as his power is really three times. He turns his heart away from Hashem. And then in the in the next, which we'll see if we get to it today, it's doubles. It says, "Blessed is the person who trusts inem." So, we're going to see that the language is very interesting. It's not what we would have expected. It's not saying the exact same thing. It's actually saying something slightly different as it doubles it. If you look carefully at the at each of these, there's a B missing a letter B. P says cursed is a person who trusts in a human being. Then it says and makes flesh his strength. It should have said he makes in flesh. The it is just like it says Christ is one who trusts in a person. It should have said who places his strength in flesh. It doesn't say it that way. The second in the doubling where it should have said makes the flesh to be his strength. should have said blessed is the one who trusts in Hashem and his trust will be in Hashem but it doesn't say his trust will be in Hashem means Hashem is his trust it doesn't say in it should have said the word in it it didn't say it that There is adapt here. There's two different issues that's that are going on. A person needs to be careful who he trusts in and a person needs to be careful about what he's trusting about. So the first point is only trust in the one who has all the power and that's Hashem. Excuse me. We have a finite amount of time on this earth. We have a finite amount of strength. It's not it's not worth it to trust in a human being. But the second issue the says a little bit differently. It doesn't say he places his he places his trust in flesh. It says he places flesh flesh his trust. you love. It doesn't so much have to do with what you're trusting in. It has to do with what you're trusting about. What is my trust about? Is my trust about flesh, about gashmi a stick of things, about physical matters? Is that what I'm trusting about? Is that the thing that concerns me? If my if the thing that concerns me and that I'm having be talking about has to do with physical matters says a very interesting thing and of course we can discuss and we've seen otherwise in this regard but it's worth hearing many different viewpoints. He says that when it comes to having trust in Hashem, have ine about matters of spirituality, not about matters of physicality. Let it be let it have a spiritual angle. I would I would say have be talking about the things that help me be able to serve Hashem. I need I need to have I need to have uh parnaso. I need to have livelihood. I need to have maybe a certain amount of respect from others, my family, whatever it is. But let it be not for shallow reasons. Let let it not be because I want to feel good about myself. Let it not be egoic. Let not be egotistical. Let it not be that I need why am I having me talking to Hashem that I should have parosa. I'm having me talking in Hashem that I can have livelihood so that I can serve him. Having me talking in Hashem that people will respect me, let's say, so that I can have a good influence on them and draw them closer to Hashem. Not for me, not for myself. Make sure that the you have is one that directly relates to something spiritual. That's what the P means when it says Cursed is a person who trusts in a human being. That's the first aspect of who am I placing my trust in? Just generally trust. Don't don't trust in a human being. It's not a good idea. And makes flesh his power. That's referring to the second type, the second issue of what am I trusting about? What it means to say is that all of a person's strength when the person what they care about and what they what they are yearning for and what they're having talking about has to do with physical matters, strength, um materialism and all of the desired things of the world. And that's where he lifts his soul with his. That's a problem. That's negative. That's cursed. That's disconnected. The other way is what's the true blessing. You want blessings in your life. You want a joyous life. If my focus is on humus, if my focus is on material wealth, material things, material desires, I'm not going to end up being happy. I'm going to end up being disconnected. But if it's the opposite, if the things that I trust in that, the one that I trust in is Hashem, the things that I'm trusting about have to do with a spiritual connection, then I'm blessed. Blessed is the one who trusts in Hashem. Hashem is the one who has all the power. Hashem is the only one who has all the power. Hashem and the trust that I have is not in the second aspect. It's not just in Hashem, but it's Hashem. The trust is Hashem. The thing that I'm trusting about is a spiritual matter. The very thing that I'll be talking about, the essence of it is Hashem himself. Something spiritual that has to do with serving Hashem. Now he brings from the Yakov Jacob says now somebody who trusts in Hashem. So a person sometimes has to figure out how to get what he needs, right? A person who trusts in Hashem. So you want Hashem to be the root of whatever it is that you need. The Yak says be careful when it comes to what you choose as the means by which you receive that which you need. What what does it mean? person who chooses has to choose that it shouldn't be something that's disconnected from Hashem. Let's hear what it means. How I get my let's say my livelihood or how I get whatever it is that I need. So it could be one of two ways. It could be something that has an indisputable direct spiritual connection to Hashem or it can be something that's disconnected from Hashem. What does that mean? If a person is busy looking for his needs by by attaining them from a human being, Hashem is barak. A human being has the potential to be disconnected from Hashem. Why? Because a human being has free will. So what what is what is the what is the person or what is the means by which I'm getting what I need? If it's disconnected from Hashem or has the potential to be disconnected from Hashem, it's problematic. It's not the same. It doesn't have that complete the potential for complete here. He says in the note, he seems to be saying, I'm not sure that this is correct, but we'll go with it. He seems to be saying that there's different things that I can trust in. I can trust in a in in a human being who has free will and who can be disconnected from Hashem or I can I can trust in let's say let's say I'm a I'm a worker. I have a field and I plow the field and I have animals that that plow it for me or machines whatever and I'm waiting for the rain. And the rain is something that's a natural creation of Hashem that he's completely behind it. Right? It's hard to be a farmer and not be a right. So to to the degree that I make the means for what I need be something that's that doesn't have a separation from Hashem, I'm better off. Like the says our one who trusts in a human being but some is it means that he takes a human being another human being to be the source for his needs. Why is the person cursed? Because the person that he's depending on is someone who's has the potential to turn his heart away from Hashem. The person who's your guarantor, who's guaranteeing you something, your boss that you expect to get paid from, expect to get paid by. Okay. So ideally what he seems to be saying is ideally I'm going to kind of bring it more to what I think is realistic. Ideally a person should place his trust I would say work with people who are also work with people who also believe that their power is from Hashem. work with people who are also striving to serve Hashem and to draw Hashem's power into their lives, right? Because it matters who I surround myself with. I'm saying a word. It's not exactly what the olyak is saying, but I'm saying a vort saying a concept, an idea. It matters who I surround myself with. If I connect myself to people who are disconnected from Hashem, I'm in dangerous waters. I'm in I'm in shallow waters and the sharks nearby. But it's important that the ones who are providing for me, the ones who are the source of my parnasa, let's say, who's on the surface are the ones who are going to pay me the the paycheck. that they be people who are connected that they be people who recognize that really it's Hashem behind everything. That's what I would like to say. Now we finished the P of and like to start we have a little bit more time. I'm going to start the next of now we're going to focus more on the positive aspect and we'll share with you three short pieces that he brings here. Blessed is the one who trusts on Hashem. Hashem will be his trust. He brings a Mishna and PEA. The Mishna and Pa is talking about taking from saddaka taking from charity. And it says that whoever takes from charity but shouldn't be taking from charity, it's not going to work out well for him. But let's say somebody has the ability likely is able to take from charity, but he doesn't do it. He doesn't take from charity. He holds himself back. He does something perhaps beneath his dignity, but he works and he earns money in a way that he could have taken charity, but he works. The person who does that, who does not take from charity, in the end he will live a long life. And before his life is over, he's going to end up being somebody who gives to others. Blessed is the one who trusts in Hashem. Hashem will be his trust. And I looked over at the Mishna and I looked at the fortune there and someone said a very nice that what it means to say is that a person who trusts in Hashem becomes like Hashem. If I trust in Hashem and I don't lean on human beings. If I trust in Hashem, I end up becoming like Hashem, I am going to end up being like a channel just like Hashem is someone who gives and doesn't need to receive. So to I will be a person who gives and doesn't need to receive. Beautiful promise he brings here from Abraham is saying that when we dive into Hashem, when the Jewish people dive into Hashem, so Hashem is close to them, blessed is the one who trusts in Hashem. Understands the trust that we're talking about here is through prayer. So then Hashem is the trust means to say Hashem responds to your prayers and he is around. He hangs out around you. When you invite Hashem into your life, Hashem, Hashem comes as says, "Hashem is close to all those who call out to him." Last point in which is based on what we said in the previous thing from the mission in whoever trusts in Hashem merits to be like Hashem. How do we know? Because the says, "Blessed is the one who trusts in Hashem. will be his trust. It means to say that you become like Hashem. As we said before, just like Hashem is a giver, you become a giver. You you end up overflowing with God's abundance. But a person trusts in an idol. So, he's going to end up like the idol. Says like them will be those who make them. Meaning the idol has no ability to speak, has no ability to actually do anything. It's just a it's just a rock. It's just a piece of gold. Right? So the human being who trusts in that becomes like that that entity which has no ability to speak, no ability. It it ends it ends there. When you attach yourself to who has all the power, you become someone who has that power. And when a person attaches himself, heaven forbid, to anazar, to an idol, so he ends up without any power at all. May we be from those who are blessed. Thank you so much for listening. We'll see you again next week.