Welcome to the Daily Chizuk. Even though prayer is always cherished by Hashem, when a person is in trouble and he prays, it is so much more beloved. The Sefarim (books) tell us that many times a person is in a predicament just because Hashem wants to hear them call out to Him. The Sefer HaChinuch brings down from the Ramban that if someone is in a tough situation and they call out to Hashem for help, they fulfill a positive commandment from the Torah. The Pasuk (verse) says in Shir HaShirim, “I want to see your face.” And Rashi explains there that Hashem is telling us, “Turn to me when you’re in trouble.” And the Pasuk continues: Hashem says, “I want to hear you because your voice is so sweet and your face is so beautiful.” We are adored by Hashem. He just wants to be close to us.
We say in the Amidah (standing prayer), “We hope that Hashem will be with us all the time. We hope that Hashem will be with us all the time. We pray for your salvation, Hashem, all day long.” This is not only a prayer for the final Ge'ula (redemption). The Arizal said that when a person says these words, he should have in mind that Hashem should save him from his personal problems. And the Rabbi concluded, “This is very beneficial for salvation.” A person can turn to Hashem anytime. You don’t have to be in shul (synagogue) wearing a tallit (prayer shawl) and tefillin (phylacteries). You don’t even have to pray in Hebrew. You don’t even have to pray in Hebrew. The Ya'arot Devash writes, “A person should pray for their needs in their own language because then you’ll have more kavanah (concentration), and the best prayers are from the heart.” As the Pasuk says, “We should call out to Hashem from the depths of our hearts.”
One of our listeners emailed me the other day that he was selling a very popular item online when suddenly his supplier decided to stop shipping to New York accounts. So he decided to import a large quantity himself, and he cut out the middleman. The day after he wired the money to the vendor overseas, he received a notice from Amazon that in five days he had to stop selling this category of merchandise. Now he was in an tzara (trouble). He had the goods in transit with no way of selling them. Instead of panicking and getting depressed, he turned straight to Hashem and said, “Hashem, I know you could get this merchandise sold in any amount of time. Please save me from this potential catastrophe.” He also said, “I also accepted upon himself to do a new mitzvah (commandment).” And Baruch Hashem, in five days, almost every single unit was sold.
Another man told me he was in a potential crisis in his family, and there was no way to avoid it. They made a hishtadlut (effort), but nothing was working. His wife went into a room for an hour and poured out her heart to Hashem. She came out with a solution, and the whole problem was solved.
When you’re in trouble, there’s one address to go to: the only one in charge. He loves to hear you because your voice is so sweet to Him and your face is so beautiful.