The esteemed Rabbi Yitzchak Hutner, of blessed memory, used to say that the majority of people in the world believe that Hashem created the world. However, it must be said that belief in Divine Providence is unique to the Jewish people. And what is written, "And Egypt shall know that I am Hashem," primarily means that the Israelites who are under the hand of Egypt will attain this belief.

It is well-known that the special practice of the Gaon Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin, of blessed memory, during times of distress, was to repeatedly say that there is none besides Him, blessed be He, and this would sweeten all judgments.

It is said about Maran the Brisker Rav, of blessed memory, that he was not naturally courageous, yet whenever he faced a test of faith, he was happy. A well-known story about him during the bombings in Jerusalem is that he suddenly left his place in the house and exited the living room, and just then a shell fell there, and he was saved. For one who has trust, there is special protection. Even though he was stringent regarding the obligation of "and you shall carefully guard yourselves," he would say that he was stringent only because of the obligation to guard oneself, not out of fear of the situation.

Similarly, his father, Maran the Gaon Rabbi Chaim, of blessed memory, would say that he does not leniently observe the fast of Yom Kippur, but rather is stringent regarding the commandment of "and you shall carefully guard yourselves."