If You Didn't Get It, Did You Want It Enough? | Rabbi Yaniv Meirov

There's a beautiful line in that is if you want something and you didn't get it, that means you don't want it enough. Cuz if you really really want something, you'll be able to get it. We see this with none other than Abraham Avinu, Adam, our forefather. He, after his third day of having a circumcision, a bris milah, he was standing outside. It was very very hot. We all know that the sun, the shell, came off. It was so hot. No one was outside. But he really wanted to do the mitzvah he loved to do so much, which was hachnasat orchim, inviting guests. He really really wanted it. God, Hakadosh Baruch Hu, sees how he has such a desire to fulfill this mitzvah, so he goes ahead and gives him three people he thought, but it was angels, as we all know, in order to fulfill his want. That's how the power of ratzon, of a desire, is. We see this with none other than Moshe Rabbeinu, as well. Moshe Rabbeinu prayed times in enter in order to enter the land of Israel. God then tells him to stop praying. Why is that? Because if he were to pray with just one more time, he would be able to enter the Holy Land. We see with every single one of us. When we want something, there's a rule, and that is we should be praying for it. We should be asking Hakadosh Baruch Hu, God Almighty, for it. And when a person asks for something, when he prays for something, there's a specific number associated with that desire that you have or that need that you need. It might be 10, it might be 100, it might be 500. We don't know what the number is. But there's a rule, "Kaveh el Hashem, chazak ve'ametz levavcha vekaveh el Hashem." When you pray, and you don't get answered, you know what you should do? You should continue praying. You should pray again and again. And Be'ezrat Hashem, we should take this message to heart, that we should be able to fulfill all of our heart's desires letov ule'vracha, for goodness and for blessings, and we should only hear besorot tovot, only good news.