Bikkurim- Recognizing that Everything is From Hashem
Bikkurim- Recognizing that Everything is From Hashem:
Rashi states: "A man goes down into his field and sees a fig that has ripened. He winds a gami (reed) around it for a sign and declares: ‘This is the bikkurim.”
Rav Moshe Leib of Sassov zy"a asks why the bikkurim are bound specifically with a gami.
He answers that when a farmer sees his field full of beautiful crops, it is possible that he will forget who really made the plants grow and he will think that it is the result of his own toil, hard work and talent. To counter this mistaken mindset, Chazal tell him to tie the first of his crops with a gami, as this word is an acronym for "gedolim maasei Hashem". (Tehillim 111:2: Hashem's acts are great.) This is meant to remind him that everything that grows in his fields comes from Hashem.
He adds that this is also seen from the verse in (Tehillim 24:5): “Yisa bracha me'eis Hashem." (He shall receive blessing from Hashem.)
A person must realize that whatever blessing is found in his handiwork is from Hashem, and not the result of his own efforts.