Machshava:

Chassidut 

Collections: Rabbi Weinberger: Bilvavi I

Description

The 3rd stage (after knowing Hashem is Creator and created everything) is that Hashem controls everything. To believe that we actually control things is a heretical thought because its means that G-d created once but now I control things. We must realize that everything we do is controlled by Hashem. We need Hashem before the big and mundane decisions. Before we make decisions we have to realize we don’t have any bechira (free-choice) at all and that only what Hashem decides will happen. Before we do anything we should say out loud: "this decision I am going to make really is not up to me at all". The more we think this and say this the more we will feel Hashem’s hand in everything.