The navi commands us to look! Lift your eyes up to the heavens! But most people do not have time for that.
Look, and think about the incredible galaxies in the heavens. Think about the sun, the moon (see Mishnah Berurah 426:13 regarding staring at the moon), the countless stars.
Rambam explains (Hilchos Yesodei HaTorah 2:1) that a person will come to love and fear Hashem when he looks at His deeds and at His incredible great creations. He will then see the limitless wisdom in them, and he will immediately “love and give praise and glorify, and greatly desire to know the Almighty Hashem.”
The same applies when we look at the ocean – waters that have no end – mountains and hills, trees and plants, and large and small animals. Stop, think, and see! Who created all these? (Perhaps you can do this during bein hazmanim, when you go out a bit and see the wonderful world of the Creator!)
Looking at all this fills a person with joy and brings him close to Hashem, which is our entire goal in their world! You can also be filled with awe by thinking about the wonders of the human body – how everything works and is arranged with so many parts and details. In our two hands alone there are some 70 components, and in our two feet there are several hundred components. Everything works together in the most incredible way, with the whole system of the brain and the heart, and with the digestive system, which the Chovos Halevavos discusses at length.
In order to be zocheh to achieve true bitachon, it is recommended that one learn Shaar Habechinah, which deals with thinking about creation, how “You made everything with chochmah,” and to speak constantly about Hashem’s greatness and goodness, which fill the entire world. We should say Thank You to Hashem yisbarach for every single thing He does!
