Welcome to the daily chizuk (encouragement). The pasuk (verse) in Tehillim (Psalms) says that Hashem gives animals their food. The Gemara says that Hashem sits and provides for the tallest animal, all the way down to the tiniest animals. The pasuk in Iyov (Job) says that Hashem is the one who hunts for the old lion, and Hashem fills the appetite of the young lion. Hashem sends food to the young ravens. The Gemara says that when a raven is born, its parents abandon it because they are black and it is white. Who takes care of all the baby ravens? Hashem.
They did a study in the zoo and figured out that the cost of feeding and taking care of one elephant is $5,000 a month, $60,000 a year. Who is paying for all the elephants running in the wilds of Africa? It's all Hashem. But why are there so many Pesukim talking about Hashem providing for the animals? The Gemara in Kiddushin (betrothal) says it's for us to learn. If Hashem is so worried about taking care of the animals who are here to serve us, how much more so is Hashem concerned about taking care of us, who are here to serve Him?
A person should never worry about money. Your father has all the money in the world, and it's nothing for him to give you. Imagine you're standing on top of an ant farm. You see a lot of little ants running around, hustling and bustling, trying to gather their food. And you notice there are some ants with a lot of crumbs and some with nothing, and you feel bad. These little ants are poor. What would it take for you to help them out? You could take out a crumb, a few crumbs from your lunch, from your leftovers, and give them to those ants, and all of a sudden they're billionaires. That's how easy it is for Hashem to provide for you. And the more you look to Hashem for your Parnassah (livelihood), the more you'll get. The pasuk says, which means that the more you rely on Hashem, the more He'll come through for you.
Sometimes a person is in a very tough situation and doesn't know how they're going to get through it. Then they look back afterward and say, “It wasn't so bad; I was able to handle it.” That was Hashem. Not having money should be your least worry. Hashem could solve that in a second.
I once heard a mashal (parable) from Rabbi Ephraim Waxman. He said a man was having difficulty in business. He never took a vacation because he was too scared to leave. But one day, he gets a phone call from his uncle in Israel with bad news. The uncle said, “The doctors are only giving me a few days to live, and you are my only relative. Please come and arrange the funeral and the burial.”
The nephew felt very bad, but he had to go. But what about his business? He told his main worker, “I'm going to Israel for a few days. If you have any questions, call me. Don't make any decisions. Decisions yourself. Please.”
The guy goes. He's very upset about his uncle and nervous about his business. He gets to Israel. He goes to the hospital and sees his uncle in his final moments. He feels very bad. The uncle tells him, “Thank you for coming. I really appreciate it. And I want to tell you something. You don't know this, but I'm a billionaire, and I'm leaving everything to you.”
Just at that second, the guy gets a phone call from the worker. “Boss, what should I do? There was an order for 40 boxes, but I only have 38, and they're threatening to cancel the order if I don't get the other two. But we don't have... What should I do?” The guy said, “Who cares? I'm a billionaire.”
We always have to walk around feeling that whenever we need something, all we have to do is go to Hashem, our Father, and He'll take care of it for us. Hashem is our shadow. The more we look to Him, the more He'll show us. Shabbat Shalom.