Welcome to Daily Chizuk. The Pasuk (verse) in Yirmiyahu says, “Baruch hagever asher yivtach baHashem, vehaya Hashem mivtacho.” Fortunate is the man who trusts in Hashem, and Hashem will be his guarantor. He trusts in Hashem, and therefore Hashem will be his guarantor. Rabbi Falk said in the name of the Baal Shem Tov that trust in Hashem is like an insurance policy. You could have a policy covering you for $1,000, $10,000, $100,000, or even $1,000,000. The bigger the policy, the more you're covered. The insurance given by Hashem is a result of how much you trust and rely on Him. So the Pasuk is saying, fortunate is the one with an abundance of trust in Hashem, because then he has a huge guarantee of security.
What's an example of relying on Hashem? A wealthy businessman in the clothing industry recently told me that he once got a phone call from Disney, saying that they had to take away their license from him because they had given it out to too many people, and he could no longer put the Disney characters on the children's clothing he had. This was devastating to him. It was his best seller, it was his main seller, and he had a meeting scheduled that week with Walmart, and now he had nothing to offer them. He was thinking, “Should I cancel the meeting?” But he had a lot of emunah (faith), and he called up his rabbi for some Chizuk (encouragement) and bitachon (trust). The rabbi told him, “Your Parnassah (livelihood) doesn't come from Disney; it comes from Hashem. Strengthen your reliance on Hashem, and everything will be fine.”
The businessman said he got tremendous Chizuk, and he went to Walmart, totally relying on Hashem for help. On the way there, for the first time ever, he saw his brother-in-law, who was also trying to sell to Walmart. They got involved in a conversation, and the businessman told his brother-in-law, “I lost a Disney license, and I'm really coming here now without anything to sell.” His brother-in-law told him, “I just also got a license from Dr. Seuss and the Cat in the Hat, and I'm hoping Walmart will want it. If you want, you could try to sell them that.” The businessman said, “I don't have the license yet, but it's worth a try. Do you have anything I could show them?” The brother-in-law said, “All my stuff has pictures of children, shoes, and sneakers on it—that's what I sell—but I have a scrap paper with a picture of the Cat in the Hat on it, if you want.” The businessman said, “Okay, I'll take it.”
He came to the meeting, and the buyer asked about Disney. The businessman said, “Well, we don't have Disney anymore, but we have something much better. We have the Cat in the Hat.” He explained, “America's children are very into reading now, and your store is America's store. I think it will be very good for you to carry clothing with pictures of the Cat in the Hat.” The buyer was very impressed. He called in some other people there, and before you knew it, all the executives from Walmart were at this meeting. They were all looking at this one scrap paper with a picture of the Cat in the Hat, and they were all discussing it. They loved the idea, and they made their biggest order from this man ever. The businessman was so happy. Immediately after the meeting, he called up for the license, and he was able to get it. Walmart loved this idea so much. They had at the time about 2,500 stores, and there was a person in the front of each store who would greet you when you came in, and all of those people had to wear the hat from the Cat in the Hat. The Yad Hashem (the hand of Hashem) was so clear. This man relied on Hashem, and Hashem came through. Baruch hagever asher yivtach baHashem, vehaya Hashem mivtacho. Have a great day.