Notice how Eliezer goes straight to Hashem for a Shidduch. No Shadchan, no Hishtadlus; straight to the Shoresh of all Hatzlachos. And look what Mazal! Immediately Rivka appears! Halevai we would realize that the best address for all our needs is the Shoresh (root) for all our Hatzlachos; i.e., the: בוֹרֵא עוֹלָם Creator of the world Himself. The more a person makes Hashem an Ikar in his life, the more success he is in for!
The Chovos Halvavos says that a Tzaddik told his Talmidim that he’s happy that they do Aveiros, since it humiliates them. If they wouldn’t have Aveiros, then they’d be Baalei Ga’ava, which is worse than all sins. Why is Ga’ava worse than all sins? Because despite all of a person’s Mitzvos and Tzidkus, if he is a Baal Ga’ava, then he holds from himself, which is a form of Avoda Zara.
