This concept has great applications to our lives. In many situations, we are tempted to ask questions on HASHEM. “It’s not fair! Why should that person suffer? Why do bad things happen to good people?” Yet when we focus on what man is capable of accomplishing, we understand that there are very few individuals who truly live up to their potential. If the middah of din were exacted, there would be few who would escape unscathed. So, there are no issues of “it’s not fair.” The only question is why in one case it seems that din is in operation more than in another. And because there are so many factors that affect the balance, we humans may never know the answer to these global questions. However, the question of HASHEM’s “cruelty” never applies.
