Bitachon 146 - Taste Hashem's Goodness

you're listening to the 146th edition of the podcast we continue with the PUK that we were studying together last week taste and see that hem is good praiseworthy or joyous ultimate happiness is attained by the one who trusts in hem in 34:9 he brings the she the safer she that says as follows we can explain that when a person wants to taste right we're talking about tasting that God is good when a person wants to taste a food so it's not enough to just eat the food mindlessly but rather person needs to intend have intention contemplate experience so this person who wants to taste the food enjoy the food has to focus their mind in order to taste the food well we don't understand ordinarily we don't properly understand the ways of God if a person trusts in hem a person believes in Hashem if a person believes that God is good so then a person with that understanding with that intent with that contemplation can start to see that all of God's ways are good it comes in this is also from God's goodness that whoever trust in Hemm saves him in all of his matters as oppos says into H 37: 5 let your ways rest upon Hashem let's say trust in him and he will do it meaning whatever paths you take wherever you find yourself going always turn to hem anyone who trusts in hm of his heart God does from just good and this is what it means taste feel contemplate with and you'll see that is good that not only is God good and he does good but an additional aspect of his goodness is that the one who trusts in him the person who trusts inm is Happy the person who trusts in him is praiseworthy the person who trusts in God is lucky so to speak brings in the not a story which seems to be the son of theam ceramer said that when he was a baby his mother was not able to nurse him they searched high and low for a woman a wet nurse but they couldn't find one his father went with a with a bitter heart we're talking the grandson I'm sorry ofer is talking and saying how his father went to his father-in-law to to say and to to to mention this father-in law I don't we don't have anyone to nurse the baby he said what can I do for you my son trust in hem and hem will take care of you the weather was so terrible at that moment when his father-in-law said to him said to his sonin law trust in hem that it was raining hard and there was wind there was nobody passing by there was there's no one to even think that they would come to the to the rescue so to speak Suddenly at that very moment a woman woman who was very poor who was a woman who was clearly uh in a difficult State came to the house and she said perhaps somebody needs a wet nurse and they had such incredible Joy because exactly what they needed was exactly what showed up on their doorstep in a moment when it didn't seem that the salvation was possible it came okay that's from the sa now we bring from says doesn't say you should know and you should see that hasm is good this is not just an intellectual experience it says taste person needs to taste it is to chew it over mull it mull it over to check it out very well and to taste or it's easy to swallow food ho without even noticing the taste don't do that when it comes to trying to understand the ways of God if you chew it over if you mull it over if you contemplate then you will see that God is good and all his ways are just person can see the same exact evidence and come to the opposite judgment come to the opposite conclusion why because he didn't mull over the information well we're talking here about the situation that we see in the world seems that something good is happening to something bad someone bad see something bad is happening to someone good because we look at it in a superficial way because the truth is if we look at it properly so we realize that the good that the wicked person is experiencing is not really good for him and the bad that seems to be happening to the righteous is not really bad we have to understand things on a deep level we have to understand things in the light of the teror the teror explains to us what's really good for example the wicked sometimes they benefit in this world because Hashem wants to give them their full punishment in the world to come so they eat up so to speak they consume their reward here then the person will see that praiseworthy is the one who trusts in God even though it might seem that the person who trust in God is not so happy it doesn't work out doesn't look so good for him the only way to understand us properly is by looking intensely the way from the torah's perspective the deps of its Secrets the straightens a person Tyra makes a person have the correct Outlook this is such an important point I was actually I mentioned this to my wife last night you know the the world is topsy turvy upside down the Western world has gotten lost and fallen into into the the Trap of liberalism and and everything goes no boundaries and the Islamic world is also F fraught with traps of a belief in a god who's an Angry God and there's so much anger there and so much the the boundaries are almost too strong we would say and it's the Tyra it's the Tyra that ultimately gives us the proper balance between having the right boundaries and having the right sense of when things are permitted not making everything forbidden and not making everything okay the t is what gives us the proper perspective in life and ultimately the tah is the ultimate truth and that's what will survive in the world everything else will cause its own destruction but it also gives us as it's arur is saying a perspective in life way to understand the things that are going on around us a depth of understanding a balance in our understanding and that's supported by starts with the foundation everything hasm does is for the good everything is good that we just need to trust him and everything will be good brings a a short line from the what does mean taste it means feel and see right we need to taste and we need to see so tasting means to feel see means to understand something intellectually that God is good right God answers and hears our prayers and sometimes God doesn't need our prayer meaning God sees that we trust in him that's the end of the right that means that sometimes the the itself the faith itself the confidence itself in God is enough for us to get the thing that we need and prayer prayer is amazing prayer helps us in our prayer strengthens our belief that God is the one who gives it but sometimes we can experience the fact that just having B just having a sense of confidence and faith in God is going to be enough now he brings for the AL and he brings in the note an explanation which really without this explanation it's hard to understand the Mal so I'm going to read the explanation first the note first the speaks extensively about this matter says our that we're studying together says that we need to taste and see that God is good so in this P there is hidden three aspects as we're about to see of the goodness of God three different ways and it's hidden in the word now in order to give you the proper understanding the setup of this matter there are three types of good that a human being desires that he's looking for that are included in the word mat which is the same letter as there's three types of good one is called loyal loyal means effective right something that's effective is good the second one right me T here me is Tess is which means good and is which means sweet so if you look at the way writes the so he refers to these three different types of goodness and you also find a hint to these three in chapter 3: 25 5- 27 letters test test test God is good to those who seek him this hints to Absolute good God is absolutely good it is good those who are again seeking God and they're quiet in order to receive the salvation of God Al right this refers to the fact that it's sweet right someone can get good come someone can receive something good but it might not be pleasant sometimes we experience things that are good for us for example you go to the dentist and you got to get drilled right it's not pleasant but you know it's good for you because otherwise you're going to keep having that pain in your tooth but AR means it's sweet we want good that's sweet also that is enjoyable the third says it's good to a person for a person to carry a a yoke when he's young Al so this is the good which is effective the word effective means that sometimes we have to do something that's uncomfortable right carrying a Yol it's not comfortable but if you want to get your your heavy item from one place to another you need to use a yoke a yoke it has an Advantage it has it's effective so we can see in how beautiful it is and because the PK includes the word is the three letters in this it includes all three of these aspects of goodness see ends off by saying praiseworthy is the one who trusts inem this teaches us that when you have these three aspects of good so you will attain all of the all of the success that you that we mentioned spiritual success corresponding to good the letter test physical uh physical welfare physical success corresponding to something that's sweet and success in one's parnos and livelihood that corresponds to the aspect of Mo which means effective which means challenging right sometimes often times in order to make money we have to do things that are challenging to do the things that are hard ultimately we know that that's for our good okay so that's the background now let's see the Mal it's a bit shorter the one we just read as the background is telling us another difference between the salvation of God as opposed to the Salvation that comes in a natural manner or salvation that comes from human beings from a human being you can get something which is sweet you can get something which is effective but but not the thing that's t t means the ultimate good the open awesome all inclusive good but when it comes to depending on godid to the fact that God is the experience of hasem and the experience of God's kindness to something which is sweet and it's also the kindness of God is also something that we can see which indicates that it's something which is effective it's also the ultimate good besides for tasting the good besides for seeing the good right there's also the recognition of good that when you look at somebody who trusts in hem you see that he has all three aspects that the person who trusts in God besides her having what he needs besides her having all all the things that are good in this world he gets an incredible spiritual sense of of satisfaction because he trusts besides for the obvious advantage of having what you need because you trusted in God so there's the actual sense I'm doing what's right I'm in a relationship with God I am being an effective person I'm being a good Jew right just heard froma from gave recently how the worst thing for somebody who's off the D person you're talking about someone who can't get up in the morning gets up at 11:00 in the morning there's a sense of guilt there's a sense of I know I'm not doing what's right and that guil can destroy a person but when when we act in accordance with what we know to be true at the deepest level in the core of who we are we know that trusting in God having a relationship with God that's where it's at that's what we're here for so when we do that and when we feel that we have that forget about getting what we want for a moment we get a deep sense of satisfaction a spiritual satisfaction brings here from when a person acts with be with confidence in God so the person will Merit to see the kindness and the goodness of God as the says taste and see that God is good why does it say taste and see it teaches us when you taste something in your mouth so you you feel the texture right the tongue is very sensitive you feel the texture of the item that you're eating tells us when we are looking for godliness in our life we're looking for God's hand in our life when we are living with we're living with confidence in God we taste it we feel it we recognize it we notice all the good that God is doing for us so it's an incredible oer it's incredible satisfaction a life of satisfaction following one line from taste the taste of and you'll see that it's not just when I trust in God that things are good it's even when I'm not in that ideal state of trust sh still does good and I will notice it more if I'm working on my therefore praiseworthy is the one who trusts in God thank you so much for listening see you again next time