Sometimes the Yezter Hara (Evil Inclination) comes at you
like a Mugger on the streets of New York City. Out of nowhere he pulls out a
fake gun or knife and tells you to give him your money, your watch, your purse,
etc. (The money symbolize Mitzvot and the act of handing it over means giving in to our forbidden desires.)
We do not have a choice so we hand over everything. A simple
Jew is trying to survive this spiritual battle that is happening constantly.
Whether we are sleeping in the lowest spiritual place in the world or living
amongst the biggest Tzadikkim in Yerushalayim; the Yetzer Hara gets to everyone
sometimes.
We need to understand BS’D that Hashem is the one running
the show at the end of the day and all these challenges and spiritual obstacles
are here to make us work and earn our spiritual rewards. The fact that Hashem
has the Yezter Hara in our daily lives is a gift that is difficult to see
unless we work on ourselves to overcome those obstacles. Therefore, we must
learn to see the Yezter Hara as a Mugger who does not really want to take our
money. Rather he wants to greaten it and make sure we do not even get on the
same street as he is on. The Yetzer Hara is in our daily lives for us to learn
to live with this impure power and overcome it.
For example, if we have a desire to have non-Kosher fast
food and we G-d forbid have fallen to order a small non-Kosher French fries
from our local fast food location, we need to be alert for the next time. When
passing by that next place or having that desire to eat the entire fast-food
location’s desserts or whatever the case, we need to tell ourselves how did we
fall. What did we do to reach that low point? Do we want to get back there?
Obviously not.
B’H we should all live our lives with yeshuv da’at (clarity) and Simcha (happiness) to serve Hashem to
best of our capabilities. Don’t get on the street where crime usually happens!
Be smart and think.
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