Welcome to the daily chizuk (encouragement).
When a person walks around with emunah (believe and trust in Hashem) that Hashem always deals with him favorably, he walks around happy and satisfied. And when you're satisfied, you are filled with the blessings of Hashem. As the pasuk (verse) says, Naftali was filled with satisfaction, and therefore he was zocheh (merited) to all the blessings of God.
Someone called me last week and told me that he went to pray Mincha (afternoon prayer) in the middle of his workday. He got there a couple of minutes early and saw one of his friends. They started discussing one of the emunah dailies. It said in that piece that even though we believe and trust in Hashem that everything that happened to us until today was for the best, we're still allowed to ask for things to change, and we're supposed to ask, because maybe it will be best for me going forward to have something else, something that I really want.
He was able to apply this lesson to his own life. He said he had three big issues going on at the time: one in his personal life and two in his business. One business issue was that he had two days left to sign a new deal to keep his merchandise in the existing warehouse, but they wanted $200,000 more a year. He had nowhere else to go. None of the other options came through. If he didn't sign in two days, they would freeze all his merchandise.
Another issue he was having was that he had just leased a new showroom and was all ready to start construction. He had everything set up to fix up the place, and the landlord told him, “You can't start; you need special permits.” These special permits would have taken at least a month to obtain. If he had delayed that long, it would have cost him a lot more money, and it was a big issue.
Before he started Mincha, he truly said to himself that these issues were all for his best right now, and he accepted. He accepted everything that Hashem was doing to him with love. But at that Mincha, he prayed very hard. He said, “Hashem, please let me see the results that I want going forward, and please give me a salvation.”
He said that the second after he finished Mincha, the man he had the personal issue with pulled him over and said, “Can we go for a little walk?” In that discussion, the entire issue was resolved. Then he came back to his office, and they were all celebrating. He said, “What happened?” They said, “You didn't hear? One of the other warehouses that we contacted six months ago just called. They agreed to our deal, and they said we could move in right away for a price that was $100,000 less than they were paying right now.” Instead of losing $200,000 a year, he just gained $100,000 a year.
Within the hour, the landlord from the showroom called him up and said, “Let's resolve the issue. I want you to be happy. Tell me what I could do for you.” He ended up letting him start construction right away with no new permits. All three problems were resolved instantaneously.
This is exactly what we have been talking about. Tell Hashem, “I know you only do what's best for me, and in regards to what happened already, I totally accept.” The merit of this is so powerful that when you ask for a change in the future, you can be answered immediately. Let us walk around. Let us walk around satisfied. Let us walk around happy with how Hashem has dealt with us. And then we could receive all the blessings of Hashem.
Have a great day.