Rabbi Akiva Rutenberg - Parashat Vayigash - Victim or Messenger

in this week's para y reveals himself to his brothers the last few parot his brothers are coming to Egypt and we see the whole story unfold where ysf recognizes them they don't recognize him and in this para in a very strong and moving uh PUK verse yose says to his brothers I I am Y is our father still alive and the brothers were embarrassed they didn't want to look at him and we see an amazing thing happen in this in this p and yose says to his brothers Don't Be Afraid don't be scared he becomes literally their therapist and he says don't be upset that you sold me to Egypt because cuz for food Hashem has sent me before you and we see in the next few the word the word messenger used four times and the commentary say that yoseph could have been the ultimate victim he had every reason to be a victim of his circumstances he was sold to Egypt he was almost killed he makes it into the house of potifar he becomes the head of the home and then he's falsely accused and sent to jail and he could have easily fallen into a victim mindset and mentality but y refuses to do that and instead what do we see in the final verse y says you didn't send me here Hashem sent me here yose chose to see his life mission as designed by Hashem and refused to see himself as a victim of his circumstances this Fus goes so far as to say that when the PK says he connects it to a verse in the end of where the Rashi says about mosha breaking the and he says means you are the ones who allowed me to become your sale of me allowed me to become who I am I think all of us can take a strong message from this that when we're faced with obstacles and challenges in life and there are many obstacles that we individually and collectively especially during these times are faced with we can choose to fall into a victim mindset or we can say what is my what is the message what a message is Hashem giving me from this situation how can I Rise Above how can I take this challenging situation and use it to become the best version of myself to to rise rise above in in in in through the difficulties and my BR to everyone is that we will take the challenges in our personal life just like and become a messenger and see oursel as a messenger of Hashem a messenger of a higher calling and B has do great things shalom