The Desire to Give: 4a

In the olden days (unlike these days) a traveling peddler would travel with his wife. When they would arrive at an unfamiliar destination, there would be doubt as to their chances of making any profit there. They would leave their belongings at the local inn and go their separate ways. The husband would go to seek out money-making opportunities, whereas the wife would reconnoiter to find where she could purchase food and other needs to keep the household running. She might spend many hours learning the location and availability at the local shops and then, when her husband would return from his wanderings, be told that this is not a place where they would be successful selling. Despite all of her efforts to learn her way about town, as well as to unpack and organize things at the inn, she is now informed that they need to pack up and be on the move once again. After some years she learns that she never knows how long they will be in any one place or when they will suddenly be on the move again.

This was how the Jewish Nation lived for forty years in the desert. There were times they camped and then a day later they were on the move again. at other times they would camp for a month or longer. It all depended on when Hashem would send them a sign by the cloud beginning to move. This is the trust that a person needs to have in Hashem. To be prepared to go wherever Hashem sends him whenever Hashem sends him.

It is for this reason that Dovid HaMelech is compared to the moon. The moon changes based on what the sun sends to it. So too, he was the vessel for what Hashem would want from him. Each day it could be something different. One day's understanding has no bearing on the morrow. Trusting Hashem to do what He wants now.