Daily Chizuk #1530

One of the reasons we don't fully appreciate Hashem as much as we should is because, even when we receive clear blessings, we tend to attribute them to the people who gave them to us directly. We often fail to internalize that these people are merely Hashem's messengers.
The Chovot HaLevavot, in Sha'ar HaBitachon, writes that Hashem has more love and mercy for us than anyone else in the world. Any compassion shown to a person ultimately stems from Hashem's compassion. When we receive something from others, it is because Hashem placed compassion into their hearts, enabling them to provide us with what He wants us to have.
Of course, we must have hakarat hatov to those who help us, as Hashem deemed them worthy of fulfilling the chesed. But we cannot overlook the fact that everything we receive ultimately comes from Hashem.
Everything that happens to us is guided by the ratzon Hashem. Sometimes Hashem gives to us through His messengers. Sometimes He takes through His messengers. And sometimes, He makes us His messengers.