One Who Trusts in Hashem Merits Receiving His Chesed:
Another benefit of bitachon is that one who trusts in Hashem will merit receiving Divine kindness, as the way one is treated by Hashem depends on his own thoughts and conduct. The Magid of Mezheritch zy”a (quoted in Sefer Imrei Tzadikim) explains the pasuk (Tehillim 32:10): ‘Those who trust in Hashem are surrounded by kindness” by saying that if a person has faith that Hashem will treat him with kindness, he will be surrounded by His kindness. But if one has negative thoughts and thinks he will be treated badly, then he will be treated harshly.
In this vein, it is related that there was a young chasid of the Chozeh of Lublin zy”a whose father-in-law had promised to support him for 10 years, and, as the end of his years of support drew close, he began to worry how he would make a living. He considered different types of occupations and ultimately decided that none of them were for him and his only good option was to become a melamed.
As he thought this, the Chozeh suddenly entered the bais medrash and said, “Young man, don’t make problems for yourself!”
He was saying that he shouldn’t think that he would only be able to make very little parnassah because, if he had these thoughts, he would only be able to earn very little.
