BeShalach 5780 Shvilei Pinchas Galut Daat

HKB”H said to Moshe “Those dear to me are drowning in the sea, and you linger before Me in prayer?” Moshe responded: “What am I to do?” HKB”H replied: “Speak to Bnei Yisrael and let them journey. And you, lift up your staff and stretch out your arm over the sea.” 

It is man’s task to ensure that the three intellectual aspects in the brain control the seven-character traits of the heart — not allowing them to satisfy his heart’s desires.  

This is the modus operandi of the yetzer. It introduces doubt and uncertainty into a person’s heart and mind: Why are you learning this subject instead of another subject? Why are you serving Hashem in this way and not in that way? In this manner, it
confuses man to the point that he is uncertain as to how to act and proceed.