Hashem is our King. Hashem is our Father. So what? How does
that change my life? How does that get me out of my troubles? How does that get
me married? How does that get my wife pregnant? How does that help me pay my
tuition? How does that save me from the hospital G-d forbid? And on and on. The
list of tzarot (sufferings) is
endless.
The answer is simple. How does a King act? Whatever he asks
for he receives and whatever he decrees is done by his people/guards. At the
same time, a King is one who is filled with knowledge (or supposed to be with
high standards of wisdom). A King is a learned individual who needs to take
care of his people but sometimes has no care for them whatsoever. A King is a
leader of his army, he has a higher status of thinking than the average joe and
always looks for the fame and the high society lifestyle. A King has the
unlimited strength.
A father is different. A father is bounded by how much money
he has in the bank. A father is always looking for the best for his child. A
father cannot get into the government and get whatever he wants. A father does
everything for his child. A father looks for the simplest and minimum lifestyle
just that he will see his child succeed. A father has the unlimited heart.
Hashem is both. We say in Tefilat Arvit (the evening prayer)
two different paragraphs filled with praise to Hashem. The first paragraph
speaks about the act of Hashem taking us out of Mitzrayim and out of the hands
of evil leaders and kings in history and sent us to freedom forever. The second
paragraph speaks about Hashem putting us in a place of comfort, security and
shalom (peace). From our little introduction we can say both show the Kingly
part of Hashem and the Fatherly part of Hashem towards us, his nation: Am
Yisrael.
When one knows that Hashem is THE KING and MY FATHER. There
is nothing in his/her head that can stop him/her from praying to Hashem and
KNOWING that Hashem will provide the personal yeshua (redemption) AND the global redemption we are all waiting
for: to see Penei Mashiah (the face of the Messiah). Elul begins this Shabbat
Kodesh. Elul is the symbol and the epitomy of Teshuva (repentance). If you
haven’t already, NOW IS THE TIME. There is also spiritual strength in the world
now to get closer to Hashem than any other time around the year. Take this
concept and plant it in your head real good so that this Shabbat, Rosh Hodesh
Elul, we will all enter a higher platform of Kedusha and Ruhaniyut (purity and
spirituality).
If Hashem controls
the world and created the world, then what is stopping me?
Judaism=Think.
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