Even Food on the Table Still Has to Be Eaten
Even food already in front of you will not satisfy you until you pick it up and eat it.
Chovot Halevavot – Shaar Habitachon
Bitachon Still Has Hands
Rabbeinu Bachya chooses an almost funny example because it is so obvious. Food can be sitting right in front of you and it still will not satisfy your hunger until you pick it up and eat it. Action is part of the world Hashem created. Making the call or taking the medicine can fit perfectly with bitachon. The work is yours. The power over the outcome stays with Hashem.
Reflection
Where have I been confusing trust with waiting passively?
Today’s Avodah
Do one practical step that clearly belongs to you today, and do it calmly.
Carry today’s avodah with you and return tomorrow.
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Habitachon helps you build a daily practice of growing in bitachon: one Torah insight, one reflection, and one practical avodah, in about one minute.
The one minute is your daily minimum. The goal is not to finish more content. It is to return each day and gradually bring more trust in Hashem into real life.
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