Bitachon 164 - Israel Always Has Hope

you're listening to the 164th edition of the podcast we continue in the from 40 ver2 I hoped yes I hoped to hem double language and right the word which means to hope hope the root is the word c which means a line straight line I'm drawing a straight line between myself and God God turns to me or turned to me by heard my call he brings here from I hoped constantly over and over again I hoped to Hashem God turned towards me and he heard my call he heard my my heartfelt prayer he says in Isaiah yesah 25:9 it says and they will say on that day it's talking about the future day the days of Messiah of the Messianic age they will say on that day this is our God this is our God we hoped to him we drew a straight line between ourselves and him and he saved us right so that P also has these two elements the the Ki the hoping and Yeshua the Salvation that God brought says the medish an amazing thing and it's important to remember this at this time when we are in a very difficult and challenging time here in Earth Israel and we have an army we are fighting back andem gave us incredible abilities hasem planted in the minds of the Jewish leaders the military leaders incredible ways of protecting ourselves but yet says what do we have what is our best weapon when it comes to wishing for salvation wishing for mashiah the only thing say that we have the only weapon that we have is our K our hope our prayer God redeem us we might have a land of Israel which is a Jewish country but we don't yet have a basik we don't have a temple we don't have the special that when you have that you don't have to do anything you just sit back and watch as the enemies of the Jewish people fall on their own we're not there yet but what is it that gives us the Gula what is it that brings us to this point of redemption it's the k it's the hoping to hem it's the placing of our faith in God the mer of this P the Merit of this statement of King David the the the greatest King of the Jewish people the one upon whom is called mhia benav the Messiah is going to come from King David and he has incredible armies himself is a warrior yet what does he say he says I hoped I placed my faith in God and Hashem is the one who answers me he's the one who brings my salvation it's interesting I said that it says both elements here there's the and the the Yeshua hasem hears sh my my call is interesting because the the word he doesn't really say hashm brings the salvation but obviously the M of it is that if hasem heard my call all these letters here are yesui is Yeshua Yeshua hasem the Salvation it comes from the very call the fact that I'm calling to and he's saving me it's the same letters says interestingly in in Lamentations Jeremiah the prophet is talking about the fact that the Temple's going to be destroyed it's before it's during the first temple he's speaking and he says and he says Hashem is good to those who hope to him meaning when we say Hashem is good it means you'll see the ultimate good the revealed good he brings a in Zar says in Zakaria chapter 9 verse2 it says return to your fortified cities those who are bound to Hope which it's worth seeing that chapter actually chapter nine of zakara talks about ashalon and ashd and Aza it talks about the southern part of Israel it talks about s it talks about DC it talks about Lebanon Damascus tur all these cities that are involved in an incredible War talking about the future times talking about now it's it's incredible to read the whole chapter I I highly suggest chapter n of Zakaria Theos there says go back to your to your fortified City or go back to your fortified one there's different understandings of what it means what understanding is that it means go back to Jerusalem Jerusalem is the is the walled City it's the Fortified City it's the place where where the bikash is the place where the temple is where we fortify ourselves with t the Torah comes out of Zion the Torah comes out of Jerusalem the son hedin sat there return to your fortification one shot is return to Hashem go back to God God is the one who fortifies you God is the one who protects you right a means those who are bound to Hope means we don't give up hope when when we ask Hashem as we're going to see shortly when we ask Hashem and Hashem doesn't answer right away we keep asking I hoped and I to I didn't give up hope we are called a means bound to hope we don't give up hope it's amazing such beautiful sh over our Cuts here oh and and and in those pum is talking about the the salvation of the Jewish people why are we saved why why is it that hasm answers us part of it is because we don't give up hope we keep coming back to hhm we keep asking Hashem we know that Hashem is the one who fortifies us we come back to him we come back to him we come back to him another chapter 8 verse 20 Jeremiah the prophet says the Jewish people say look the times that we know are time times that Hashem provides us with our parnasa with our needs the cut Sears when we reap the Harvest the the Kays is when we bring in the fruits from the fields we bring in our grapes we bring in whatever other fruits we're growing those times have passed meaning the times where usually andfor say it's talking about and tamas which is interesting because ER is the time of that uh that the the war of independence occurred the state was declared in 1948 Six Day War occurred at the end of er These are times of Salvation and Tam is a time when we bring in our crops that's when we have the times which are beginning of the destruction of the temple so it's kind of the opposite it's like these times have passed times when we thought time was and I were supposed to be a glorious time came down with the with the Lu the original set of the tablets the Jewish people were sinning they were worshiping the golden Cal so it became a terrible day but it was supposed to be a great day it was supposed to be the day he came down with the Torah so these were times of hope these were times of connection to Hashem but they became times of sadness so these times have passed and we weren't saved the Jewish people sayem when the times pass when it looks like we're we're waiting for salvation when it looks like things are difficult it looks like everything all the world is embroiled the the the nuclear weapons are coming out the the Jewish people is being attacked in Europe in America everywhere you go don't give up the Jewish people are we are bound to hope we have to continue to hope trust in hem strengthen your heart trust in hem again says the one hope after another hope don't give up your hope streng in your heart if you hope to but you didn't see the Salvation right away it didn't happen when you thought it was going to happen you were exiled in 1492 there were Crusades there were challenges there were difficulties Mayhem and destruction don't give up so how long are we supposed to hope for how long do we even know that we can hope maybe we should give up look what happened just 80 years ago with a holocaust the destruction the Jewish people 6 million 6 and a quar million people if we should give up how long should we hope for tells us the Jewish people hope to hem from now until forever we we just don't give up we are a we don't give up says hm strengthen and and give courage to your heart all those who hope to Hashem keep giving yourself keep reinforcing your hope don't give up says if you do this you are guaranteed you'll be saved there's no suff there's no doubt PK says in yesaiah Isaiah the prophet perhaps the greatest prophet of Hope says in chapter 49:23 the ones who hope to me will not be embarrassed right they won't be embarrassed what does it mean we won't be embarrassed it means that when what's the most embarrassing thing when you put your faith in somebody and he lets you down put your faith in hasem we can't it's embarrassing to be let down when you trusted in someone hem promises us if we trust in him we will not be let down we will not be embarrassed says also those who hope to they will rest strengthen themselves they will they will renew themselves they will be refreshed with new Strength those who hope to hem ultimately King David says Those Who hope to Hashem they will be the ones who inherit the land who's here in Israel the people who believe there's a future for cl Israel and there's a future for us init Israel where is our future it's not in Europe it's not in America our future is in ER Israel that's where our glorious future lies 7 million of us are here it's unbelievable those are the ones who inherit the land the ones who really believe that it's possible possible that's what our says I hoped yes I hoped to hasem God leaned towards me and you heard my call he heard my my my scream really shaba means a scream it means TR if you don't if it doesn't work out the first time the second time the third time don't ever give up keep hoping to Hashem and God will answer you ultimately it might not happen right away it might take thousands of years the Jewish people will be answered because that's who we are and Dav shali an the me finishes and says doid who hopes to me King David King David is the one who hopes doesn't give up I have answered him right DAV King David is chased after by King Sha but SA King David is chased there after by his own son of Shalom constant trials and tribulations throughout his life he's told that he can't possibly be the king he comes from a moabit princess princess very nice moabit oh no DAV doesn't give up says hasm promises if you want to be answered be like David be like King David he never gave up he continued to Hope to me that's the beautiful me says as follows understand what is the difference between somebody who hopes in a human being in whether we're talking about someone who puts his faith and the king or a prince or someone important someone who has power as opposed to somebody who hopes to that God will help him when I put my faith in another human being and the person avoids me I'm asking somebody for help and he's avoiding me if I see he's avoiding me I'm not going to keep trying to get that that person to help me because he obviously doesn't care about me but in our relationship with God that's just not how it is if hasem is so to speak avoiding me that's not the the dynamic if Hashem hasn't answered me the first time it doesn't mean that he's avoiding me that's not true if I trusted in him one time King David is saying I'm not going to stop trusting in hem even though I didn't get answered right away it's worth it for me to trust in God and actually the very trusting itself changes the equation because even though I far away from him when I hope to him he might not have answered me yet cuz he's not nearby so to speak cuz because I'm so far from him I've distanced myself from him but the moment that I trust in him first he leans towards me he comes closer to me I'm I'm entering into a relationship with him it's not the same as it was before I was very distant I trusted in him I didn't yet get my answer because I'm not close enough yet but I'm getting closer and then the second time when God has already come close to me right there's two steps in the I hoped yes I hoped right it's doubled hoping first hem leans towards me and God hears my call so it's a process hoping in hem believing that I'm going to have a Salvation it's a process I don't get answered right away per se depending on my distance depending on my relationship with God and the says seems to be the same idea because of the fact that I hope to him and now that I'm in a relationship with him now hasem is going to answer me King David is telling us he brings to the all yov that says a beautiful idea it's an amazing thing okay listen to this this is really you know we're working on together we're trying to change our relationship with God to develop our relationship with God to develop our faith inem but here's what happens part of the part of the results can look like this was a great sage in the talwood he would say look if I was pray if I'm praying was on a an incredible level he said if I'm praying and my prayer just flows out I'm talking to God and it's just flowing so I know if it if it goes that way with my prayer I know that it means and my prayers are going to be answered can be listen to this kind of reverse you know the opposite of what you would think if you feel be and you feel sure it's a Simon it's a sign to the person sometimes hem helps us to have a feeling in our heart that we are sure it's going to work out we are sure the the money is going to come we are sure we're going to get the part we're going to we're going to have the opportunity we're going to get the raise if we have that feeling inside of ourselves it's a sign from hem sometimes the helps us get what we want so to speak or what we need and sometimes Hashem gives us the be in our heart that feeling that sense of confidence because he's about to give us what we need because if let's say a person hem has decided that he doesn't want to deal with this person perhaps he sinned perhaps just not being the person he's meant to be so if hem decides he's going to take away the the Divine uh Providence from that person soem will take away from him makes it impossible for that person to trust says that the one who trusts in hem he will be surrounded by kindness so Hashem takes away the trust from inside of that person's heart this is very interesting because it plays around with our uh our Free Will here it sounds like so the the Y explains this is the Y that we just quoted the explains it and he says like this that King David is saying that because I hope to hasem because I have King David is saying that sometimes I notice that that I have confidence I feel it I just I know it's going to be I know it's going to work out that feeling helps strengthen my feeling of confidence it's like Hashem is giving me a little gift if I feel it's going to work out I can have a deeper sense of confidence that it's going to work out if I feel if I sense that I I trust in Hashem I I feel it it's going on inside of my heart I feel it right then I can know that I can continue to have that feeling it strengthens itself so it's an amazing idea so there's so many nuggets of wisdom here so much to think about for sure we're going to be answered if we strengthen our Hearts that's one aspect of it but also if we feel that confidence we can know that we can continue to work with that confidence and Trust in hasem thank you so much for listening we'll see you again next time