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Sunday, May 30, 2004
Thought on Shavuos:
If G–d is everywhere, why did Bnei Yisrael need to go to Har Sinai to get the Torah?
Although G–d could just give us everything we wish for, He wants us to put in our own effort for it first. We have to "climb the mountain" before He gives us the reward. We learn that when G–d first taught Moshe the Torah, he did not understand it. In fact, as hard as he worked, it wouldn't come to him. Finally, after he had put all his efforts into it, G–d "gave" it to him as a gift.
Everything in life is the same- it (whatever "it" may be) is truly from G–d, but we must earn it. And while we work on earning it, we can't forget that it's truly from G–d.
