Daily Chizuk #1112

When the time came for Hashem to take the Jewish People out of Mitzrayim, it was their tefila that started the process, but they needed additional merits to be worthy of that great salvation. So Hashem gave them two mitzvot to perform – Korban Pesach and brit milah. Mefarshim point out, both of those mitzvot required tremendous self-sacrifice. The animal they needed to bring was the Egyptian deity and the pain involved in an adult man doing brit milah was very great. It was specifically because those mitzvot were so difficult as to why they were chosen. When we put forth self-sacrifice in the performance of a mitzvah, Hashem appreciates it so much. And very often, He will show us in different ways how our acts of mesirut nefesh were appreciated.
Our mesirut nefesh is so precious to Hashem and many times it is the catalyst that we need to receive the yeshuot we have been hoping for.