Daily Chizuk #0464

The Gemara tells us the first question a person will be asked after 120 is "נשאת ונתת באמונה?"- Did you act in your business dealings in good faith? Were you honest and straight? It’s a test that we’re confronted with on a daily basis. It’s not a coincidence that Chazal use the word emunah to describe a person being honest in business, because to do what’s right requires a tremendous amount of emunah to know Hashem is the one providing, and that a person will only gain by following halacha. So many times it will appear that by cutting corners we’ll be gaining. But that’s all part of the test. If we stay strong and turn away from the immediate gains to do what’s right, we’ll gain much more in this world and the Next.
Hashem sees everything we do. He’s hoping, Kavayachol, that we make the right decisions so that He could shower us with blessings, both in this world and the Next.