Trusting in God’s Kindness: The Power of Faith and Salvation

“But I have trusted in Your kindness; my heart shall rejoice in Your salvation” (Psalms 13:6).

The Creator is the source of all kindness. Every act of compassion shown by human beings since the beginning of time flows from His infinite kindness. The Sages wrote in Yalkut Shimoni on the verse “Many are the pains of the wicked, but one who trusts in the Lord, kindness will surround him” (Psalms 32:10), that even if a person is wicked and has no merits at all — if he places his trust in God, then kindness will surround him. This is solely because of God’s great kindness: the very moment a person lifts his eyes to Him and hopes for His salvation, he immediately draws upon himself the flow of divine compassion.

“The Lord is good to all, and His mercies are over all His works” (Psalms 145:9). God is pure goodness. To internalize this truth, we must repeat it over and over until it penetrates our hearts. Saying phrases such as “God loves me,” or “How good is the Lord” gradually imprints them into our subconscious, especially in the crucial area of learning to trust Him.

Another way to strengthen our trust is to repeat the verses of Scripture that reveal God’s goodness and generosity. By doing so, we come to know that He does not desire to harm us, Heaven forbid. Even if we are undeserving, our trust is not in our own deeds but in His kindness alone. As it is written: “He gives bread to all flesh, for His mercy endures forever” (Psalms 136:25).

If the evil inclination whispers “Who are you that the Almighty should give you anything or listen to your prayers? Haven’t you prayed many times without an answer? Perhaps you deserve to suffer,” — you must respond with the words that God Himself declared: “I have loved you, says the Lord” (Malachi 1:2), and “You are children to the Lord your God” (Devarim 14:1).

Indeed, I may not deserve gifts from God, and perhaps I even deserve punishment, but He is truly my Father, His love for me is infinite, and His kindness knows no bounds. He promised in His holy Torah that if I trust in His abundant mercy, I will surely see His salvation.

King David himself testified to this when he said: “But I have trusted in Your kindness; my heart shall rejoice in Your salvation.” One might ask: who promised David that he would be saved, that he could declare with certainty “my heart shall rejoice in Your salvation”? The answer is that this is a divine guarantee: any person in the world who trusts fully in God’s great kindness will undoubtedly see His salvation, without conditions.