Rebbe Bunim of Peshischa zt'l (מנחם צמח) teaches that Creation involves two miracles:
(1) One miracle is the wonders of Creation. We find endless wisdom, beauty, design, and order wherever we look. It is both fascinating and mind-boggling.
(2) The second miracle of Creation is that people always witness these wonders and fail to recognize them. And even if they realize the wonders, they have a mental block that prevents them from connecting the dots and attributing the creations to their creator, Hashem.
Rebbe Bunim says that the second miracle is an even greater wonder than the first. The fact that people can live in the world and not recognize Hashem is a more incredible wonder than the wonders of Creation.
It states (Tehillim 92), עמקו מאוד ,'ה מעשיך גדלו מה מחשבותיך, "The Creation is great, wonderful, fascinating, and yet, יבין לא וכסיל ידע לא בער איש זאת את the fools see all of this, and they don't recognize Hashem! And that is the greatest wonder."
This lesson also applies to Hashem's hashgachah. Hashem's hashgachah is wherever we look. Hashem sends us parnassah, arranges shidduchim, guards our health, and directs us in all aspects of our lives, and we take it for granted. We don't see the wonders that happen before our eyes every day, every second. As it states (8:17), ועוצם כוחי בלבבך ואמרת הזה החיל את לי עשה ידי, "You say in your heart, 'My strength and the might of my arm earned me my wealth.'" Tzaddikim have said that ידי עוצם hints at the problem, as it עוצם alludes to עינים עצימת, closing the eyes. The yetzer hara closes people's eyes until they think they succeed on their own. Hashem performs miracles for them all the time. He gives them so much, but they are blind and don't notice.
How can they be so blind? The miracles of Hashem's hashgachah are clearly revealed. It should be evident that without Hashem's constant aid it is impossible to be where we are now. But the answer is as Rebbe Bunim of Peshischa taught us: One of the miracles of Creation –the most incredible miracle – is that people can be so blind to the obvious.
On the pasuk (8:18), הנותן הוא כי אלקיך 'ה את וזכרת חיל לעשות כח לך, the Shlah HaKadosh writes, "This is an important rule: When you enjoy success – regardless of whether it is for something major or something minor – praise Hashem who gave you the ability to accomplish this." We can do so when we recognize that nothing happens by chance. It is all Hashem's wonders.
