No Matter How Difficult Our Nature May Be, Hashem Can Help Us Become Like Honey

וַיֵּנְקֵהוּ דְבַשׁ מִסֶלַע וְשֶׁמֶן מֵחַלְמִישׁ צוּר לב יג

Eretz Yisroel was such a wonderful country, that oil and honey came out of hard rocks. How were they Zoche to this Ness? We can explain that the natural world is a reflection of the people who inhabit it. For example, before the Mabul, even animals did weird things, similar to the sins of the people. This explains why oil and honey came out of hard rocks. The people in Eretz Yisroel were so great, that even a person with a bad nature became a Tzaddik. [Like Dovid, who was born with Eisav's difficult nature, and became a Tzaddik]. And a person with an "impossible" nature [like a rock] turns into a honey. [Like someone with an uncontrollable temper becoming a sweet person]. The Navi tells the story of Shimshon HaGibbor who scraped honey out of the body of a dead lion, and then asked the Pelishtim a riddle: What is a sweet thing that came out of a strong thing? When the Pelishtim found out the answer from his wife [honey out of a lion] Shimshon got mad at them, and had an excuse for killing the Pelishtim. Surely there are deeper meanings in these stories. But on a basic level we can say that Shimshon's unusual physical Gevura in killing Pelishtim, was because he overcame his spiritual challenges. He came from the lowest Shevet of Don, and his father Manoach was an Am HaAretz. Yet, he rose to such greatness that he became the Shofet of Klal Yisroel. This takes tremendous Koach and Gevura. He was like sweet honey and oil coming out of a hard rock. That's why he was able to overpower the Pelishtim, since they were weak in overcoming their evil natures. This inspires us, that no matter how difficult our nature may be, with Hashem's help and lots of Tefila, we too can become like honey from a rock.