Simple Faith Is the Light
Faith that sees Hashem's hand in everything, without argument or investigation, is the faith Hashem wants.
A teaching ofRav Dovid Matisyohu Rabinowitz of Bialaרבי דוד מתתיהו רבינוביץ מביאלאProfile ›
The Midrash on the opening verses of the Torah calls the formless void “the deeds of the wicked” and the light “the deeds of the righteous,” and the Rebbe asks what this means. He explains that there are two paths to faith. One is faith received from our fathers; the other is faith reached by investigating and reasoning. The highest faith, he says, looks at everything in the world and sees Hashem's power giving it life in every moment, as the Baal Shem Tov did when a cup on his table broke at his words. Faith that must climb through questions is called the deeds of the wicked, because even a moment of doubt on the way is not good. Hashem wants the light: simple, wholehearted emunah. This is also why Greece, which pressed philosophy on Israel, is called the darkness. In the days of Moshiach the whole world will be filled with this simple knowledge of Hashem.
Source: Lehavas David, Bereishis (on Bereishis 1:1–3), maamar 6
Today, pick something small and ordinary: the cup on your table, a leaf, the bread on your plate. Look at it for ten seconds and say to yourself that it exists only because Hashem keeps giving it life, right now. You do not need a proof or a debate. Let it be a quiet sense that He is here. Do it again before a bracha tomorrow. Over time, faith like this becomes a habit of the eyes, and it is far more peaceful than carrying every question alone.