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Daily Chizuk #1505
Parenting / Family
Closer to Him: Opening the Doors to Salvation
Many people feel that if they are experiencing hardship, it must be Hashem telling them that they aren't good. But this is simply not true.
Right now, we are reading the parshiyot about the struggles of Yaakov Avinu and Yosef Hatzaddik. These two were among the greatest people who ever lived, yet their lives were filled with extraordinary challenges. Yosef was hated by his brothers, thrown into a pit with snakes and scorpions, sold into slavery in Mitzrayim, falsely accused and imprisoned, and separated from his father for 22 years.
Yaakov, too, endured difficulty after difficulty. When he finally sought tranquility, the most devastating trial of all struck—he was made to believe that Yosef had been killed. Worse still, it was he who had sent Yosef out on that fateful day.
It was precisely because Yaakov and Yosef endured such immense suffering that they became two of the greatest people who ever lived. This world is a world of toil, and it is our ability to persevere with emunah and to fulfill the ratzon Hashem under duress that elevates us to unimaginable heights. We cannot fathom how much we accomplish by persevering through the challenges Hashem sends us. Because of Yosef's experiences, he became Yosef Hatzaddik, and in his merit, the entire nation was able to cross the Yam Suf—one of the greatest miracles in history.
No one should ever think that their troubles mean Hashem is pushing them away. On the contrary, it is Hashem calling upon them to rise and become among the greatest people who ever lived.
Right now, we are reading the parshiyot about the struggles of Yaakov Avinu and Yosef Hatzaddik. These two were among the greatest people who ever lived, yet their lives were filled with extraordinary challenges. Yosef was hated by his brothers, thrown into a pit with snakes and scorpions, sold into slavery in Mitzrayim, falsely accused and imprisoned, and separated from his father for 22 years.
Yaakov, too, endured difficulty after difficulty. When he finally sought tranquility, the most devastating trial of all struck—he was made to believe that Yosef had been killed. Worse still, it was he who had sent Yosef out on that fateful day.
It was precisely because Yaakov and Yosef endured such immense suffering that they became two of the greatest people who ever lived. This world is a world of toil, and it is our ability to persevere with emunah and to fulfill the ratzon Hashem under duress that elevates us to unimaginable heights. We cannot fathom how much we accomplish by persevering through the challenges Hashem sends us. Because of Yosef's experiences, he became Yosef Hatzaddik, and in his merit, the entire nation was able to cross the Yam Suf—one of the greatest miracles in history.
No one should ever think that their troubles mean Hashem is pushing them away. On the contrary, it is Hashem calling upon them to rise and become among the greatest people who ever lived.
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