Machshavot HaLev - Yeshivat Lev HaTorah

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בלה תובשחמ
and reliance on Him. 1 When B’nei Yisrael decided to drop down to a lower level
of contact with the Shechina, that meant that their level of hashgacha was to drop
as well. When they displayed their lack of bitachon in light of the spies’ report,
Hashem announced that they were not loyal enough to enter Eretz Yisrael.
It would serve us well to internalize the fact that our relationship with God is a
two-way street, and often we are the ones who dictate the pace of that relationship.
We are all eager to ask, and even expect, God to come to our aid in times of need
and every day. We should similarly ask ourselves on a daily basis if we are living
up to our responsibilities in that relationship and if there is a way for us to do
even more.
1 Although most Rishonim dispute the Ramban’s practical conclusions in that piece, his basic premise about
how the relationship works is more widely accepted.