Welcome to the daily Chizuk (encouragement).
It says in the Zohar, in Parashat Pinchas, that whenever the Torah uses the word Vayhi, it is Lashon tza'ar (language of distress). It connotes some type of distress. So Chasdei David asks: right at the beginning of the Torah, it says, “Vayhi Or, and there was light.” What is the tza'ar (distress) of having Or? He explains based on the Gemara, Niddah, page Lamed Aleph (thirty-one), Amud Aleph (column one), which quotes a pasuk (verse): “In the future, when Mashiach (Messiah) comes, we're all going to thank Hashem when we got what appeared to be anger.” We're all going to thank Hashem for the Yisurim (suffering) that He gave us. The Gemara gives an example that we can relate to now. Two people were traveling to do business, trying to catch a boat. One of them stepped on a nail and couldn't walk any further. He felt terrible that he was going to miss the boat, and a couple of days later, he found out that the boat had sunk. That person is going to thank Hashem for the nail, and he's going to say, “The nail in my foot was the greatest blessing.” The pasuk is telling us that in the future we're going to see why every bit of Yisurim was the biggest Beracha (blessing), and we're all going to thank Hashem for all of it. Says Chasdei David, now we can understand the pasuk, “Vayhi Or.” All the Vayhi of our life, all the tza'ar, is suddenly going to become Or. It's suddenly going to become so clear why everything happened and why it was good for us, and it's going to bring us to such a state of joy that we're going to be overcome with gratitude. The key in life is to be able to do it now, before we see that light. It's one of the greatest merits we could attain for ourselves.
I once heard a Peshat (plain meaning) in the Kaddish. It says, “The name of Hashem is blessed.” Le'ela also means the most. When is Hashem's name blessed the most? From all the praise that we give Him in this world. “In this world” means before Mashiach comes, before it's clear that everything was good. Hashem's name is going to be blessed the most when we bless Him now.
Besides all the physical benefits that this brings, it also brings us tremendous spiritual benefits. The Midrash (rabbinic teaching) in Iyov says, Amar (said) Rabbi Chanina bar Pappa: “Iyov, if you had not complained when you were suffering, but instead had accepted and realized that it was the tovah (goodness), then, in the same way that we say now in the Amidah that Hashem is the God of Abraham, Yitzchak, and Yaakov, we would also have been saying, ‘He could have become as great as our Holy Avot (patriarchs).’” They reached the highest levels through constant Avodah (service). If he had accepted his Yisurim, he would have attained a level equal to the Avot for all of eternity. This is the awesome merit of accepting the will of Hashem be'ahava (with love). Let us have emunah (faith) in this world while we still can, before everything is clear. And let's thank Hashem now, and then we will enjoy both this world and the next. Have a great day.