“And as for me, my prayer to you, O God, is to receive a moment of the consciousness of Your will ….” (Tehilim, 69:14) At times man feels the great desire and will to seek God and His power. At this time one must greatly exert himself in prayer and ask God to permanently illuminate this will into him for all time. This is as David haMelech asked of God the willingness of the heart of Israel to build the Beit Hamikdash, the Holy Temple. He then said (Divrei haYamim 1, 29:18), “remember this to the eternal credit to the thoughts of Your people’s hearts.” He asked God never to disconnect this holiness from them. This is the meaning of the phrase in the Gemara (Yevamot, 72a), “a time of God’s will is essential.” (That God grant us realization to implant inspiration to seek Him all the time, and not as a passing matter. As King David prays, “Seek God and His Might, search for His Presence continuously” (Tehilim 105:4))
וַאֲנִי תְפִלָּתִי לְךָ ה' עֵת רָצוֹן. כִּי לִפְעָמִים מַרְגִּישׁ הָאָדָם בְּעַצְמוֹ חַשְׁקוּת וְרָצוֹן גָּדוֹל לִדְרוֹשׁ אֶת ה' וְעוּזּוֹ, וְאָז צָרִיךְ לְהִתְאַמֵּץ בִּתְפִלָּה וּלְבַקֵּשׁ מֵהַש"י שֶׁיִּשָּׁאֵר זֶה הָרָצוֹן קָבוּעַ בּוֹ לָעַד, וּכְמוֹ שֶׁדָּוִד הַמֶּלֶךְ עָלָיו הַשָּׁלוֹם בִּקֵּשׁ מֵהַש"י כַּאֲשֶׁר הִרְגִּישׁ נִדְבַת לֵב יִשְׂרָאֵל לְבֵית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ אָז אָמַר (דברי הימים א' כ"ט,י"ח), "שָׁמְרָה זֹּאת לְעוֹלָם לְיֵצֶר מַחְשְׁבוֹת" כוּ', הַיְינוּ שֶׁלֹּא יִנָּתֵק מֵהֶם לָעַד וְזֶה פֵּירוּשׁ עֵת רָצוֹן מִילְּתָא הוּא שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בַּגְּמָרָא (יבמות ע"ב.)
“And as for me, my prayer to you, O God, is to receive a moment of the consciousness of Your will ….” (Tehilim, 69:14)
At times man feels the great desire and will to seek God and His power. At this time one must greatly exert himself in prayer and ask God to permanently illuminate this will into him for all time. This is as David haMelech asked of God the willingness of the heart of Israel to build the Beit Hamikdash, the Holy Temple. He then said (Divrei haYamim 1, 29:18), “remember this to the eternal credit to the thoughts of Your people’s hearts.” He asked God never to disconnect this holiness from them. This is the meaning of the phrase in the Gemara (Yevamot, 72a), “a time of God’s will is essential.” (That God grant us realization to implant inspiration to seek Him all the time, and not as a passing matter. As King David prays, “Seek God and His Might, search for His Presence continuously” (Tehilim 105:4))