Later, when Pharaoh sought interpretation of his disturbing dreams, the cupbearer recalled his promise to Joseph, to inform the Pharaoh of his ability to interpret dreams. The rest, as they say, “is history” – Joseph, who correctly interpreted Pharaoh’s dreams, was elevated from a prisoner living in a mud pit jail, to viceroy over all of Egypt and eventual reunion with his father and brother. Indeed, the “limousine” of life, though sometimes appearing erratic – when we discern no driver, is nevertheless, a “guided limousine” – “steered” and directed by G-d, for our ultimate good.
The Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Schneerson, stated that “The obligation to place one’s trust in G-d (to have bitachon) is not merely a component and a corollary of one’s faith that everything is in His hands and that He is gracious and compassionate… Rather, the obligation to place one’s trust in G-d is an avodah (Divine service) of its own, an independent challenge in one’s Divine service. That challenge is to depend on G-d to the point that one casts his lot entirely into His hands and to be without any other support in the world apart from Him” (In Good Hands: 100 Letters and Talks of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, On Bitachon: Trusting In G-d).
(“The Guided Limousine” is an excerpt from Chaya Blitzer’s book in progress, Walking With Angels. She can be reached at [email protected].)