Build Your Emunah Muscles By Ripping Them Apart (3 Minutes)
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1:32Can anyone raise their hand and tell me, "I 100% believe in God"? He created the heaven and the earth. He's overseeing and responsible for everything. And I have no doubt. It's a tough question sometimes, especially when you're going through difficult times, right? This is what God wanted me to do. He wanted me to get to a point where I have to believe in Him. I can't tell you I'm a tzaddik or even a chacham or anything, but one thing I work on a little bit is emunah. If you want to get emunah, you have to work on it every day. It's like a muscle, but how do you work on a muscle? By ripping it apart. Anyone that's ever spent time in a gym understands this concept. If you know the body a little bit, you know that every time you lift weights, at the end of the workout, if you actually worked out well, your body is swollen. But under the skin, why is it swollen? Because all of your muscles ripped. Just like if somebody punched you in the arm a few times, it becomes swollen. Because a few things ripped inside. Same thing with a workout. You're ripping your muscles in order to grow them.
2:49So in essence, you have to create pain in order to eventually grow, in order to eventually create pleasure. It's similar with emunah, faith. The same principle applies. Pain and challenges often precede growth and fulfillment.
