As we know, everything that's written in the Torah and Nevi’im is there to teach us lessons for the future. Great people live with those lessons- not just as though reading fairy tales and legends. The great Rav Haskel Levenstein lived with Yetziat Mitzrayim every day of his life, as if he got out of Egypt with all the miracles and all the lessons. The Chafetz Chaim had a sefer called Mahane Yisrael/the Camp of the Jewish People , which was written specifically for Jewish soldiers that were in the Russian Army, where he writes, Regardless of your religiosity, you have to look into your deeds, feel bad for your sins, and accept to do Teshuva . Once you’ve done that, then rely on Hashem that He'll for sure save you at war. As it says in the Torah (the Chafetz Chaim reads pesukim as if they're talking to him), “ When you're in trouble, search out Hashem with your all your heart and your soul. And when all the difficulties come upon you, don't worry. Hashem is merciful. He won't let you go. ” And he says, “ We see from there that even in the most serious of times, that are very difficult, if you search out God with your heart and soul, God is there for you.” And he adds, Look throughout the Neviim and you'll see stories of how there were great wars with many more enemies than we were, and we were successful based on our reliance. The example that he gives is Yonatan, the son of Shaul and his caddie who carried his weapons. In Shmuel א perek יד , the Pelishtim were on one side, and there was a separation between them and the rest of the the camp. And Yonatan tells the lad, “ Let’s go into the enemy camp, let's see what God can do. There's nothing stopping God from saving us. What's the difference between two people and 2000 people? ” And the lad says, “ Okay, I'm with you.” So they go in for a fight and surprise the enemy. These two people took on the enemy, killed 20 soldiers, instilled fear, and eventually the Jewish army chased them away and won the war. What's going on here? How did Yonatan have the courage to do this? His answer was, he relied on Hashem. The Chafetz Chaim tells this to soldiers of today, in the 1900s in Russia. And he says, we see the same thing with David Hamelech, who also went alone, and fought a great war. But before he went out, it says, “ David strengthened himself with Hashem his God.” The Chafetz Chaim ends with the following statement: “ And according to the level of your alliance on God, that will measure the amount of success that you see.” In the letters of the Elder of Kelm and his students, they quote from Rav Reuven Dov of Kelm, who comments on this war of Yonantan and Shaul, and he says, “ How could someone be so careless and haphazard, going into such a situation which is totally against all norms?” It says the Pelishtim were like the sand of the ocean. And the answer is, as we said, one that goes in with Bitachon has no worries, no fear. He says this is what is demanded of us- to reach these higher levels of Bitachon. We have to work on ourselves. These stories, as we said, are not just stories. These are lessons . And as we've said in the past, the Hovot Halevavot quotes how the ravens brought Eliyahu HaNavi food, and cites the manna in the desert. One might ask, “ What does that have to do with me?” And the answer is, Bitachon has not changed. Bitachon is the same today as it was then. We have to use our reliance on Hashem, and realize that He tells us to count on Him, that He wants us to count on Him. It's not How dare you . As we’ve quoted many a times from the Hovot Halevavot, one of the big reasons people don't have Bitachon is they don't realize it's a Mitzvah. It's not optional. It’s not, Do you want or do you not? It's not up to you, it's a commandment . When you're in trouble, Rely on Me, that's what He wants from us and when we really do it, Hashem comes through. Have a wonderful day.