Our Rabbis teach:  “Hashem sends rain for those who believe in Him.” ( Ta’anit 8a) When we believe in Hashem, we “empower” Him to pour abundance upon us. (Sichot Musar, Rav Chaim Shumelevitz)

It is also true that when we believe in a child, a spouse, a friend, or a student, we empower him to be the person we know he can be. When we believe in him, he wants to be better, sit taller, think harder, and learn more. This empowerment is not merely a psychological truth but also a spiritual one. This is why our Rabbis tell us that we “empower Hashem” to give us rain – to teach us that believing in Him not only creates spiritual connection but also enables something to happen that would not have happened otherwise. When we believe in others, we endow them with new spiritual energy and earthly capabilities that were beyond their previous limitations.

Just like believing in others empowers them to overcome their limitations, so too believing in ourselves. When we have faith in ourselves and when we are motivated to become the person we would like to become, transformation is within reach.