vayishlach

The posuk says וישלח יעקב מלאכים לפניו אל עשו אחיו, And Yaakov sent messengers to his brother Eisav.
It's written in the Midrash that רב הונא compares Yaakov's going to Eisav to Yaakov grabbing the ears of a passing dog; he's getting involved in a battle that's not his. Rav Shmuel bar Nachman compares it to the head of the bandits who's sleeping at the crossroads. A passerby wakes him and says, hurry & get up; there are criminals around here. The bandits start attacking him, & he realizes, not only is the bandit around, he's the one who woke him.
So too, says 'ה to Yaakov, Eisav was doing his own thing, why would you wake the sleeping bandit? רבי יחזקאל לוינשטיין זצ"ל asks, why do chazal compare Yaakov to someone who's fighting a battle that's not his? It very much was his battle. Even after the twenty two years that Yaakov was by Lavan, Eisav's fury was still full blown and he still wanted to destroy Yaakov. So why is it like he woke the sleeping bandit?
He explains that from here we see how strong our בטחון has to be, that even though Eisav still wanted to destroy Yaakov, as long as the situation didn't occur yet, you don't have to find a solution. Trust in 'ה that it will never come. That's why it's like he's fighting a battle that's not his, for he should have just let 'ה take care of it. How do we understand this? If the Torah is telling us to have that kind of faith, then Yaakov certainly had it. So why would he go to Eisav & not wait for 'ה to take care of it?
The posuk says ויירא יעקב מאד, that Yaakov was very afraid. Rashi asks, what was he afraid of? 'ה had told him that he would be with him to protect him, & he answers that he was afraid that maybe he sinned & was no longer worthy of 'ה's protection. רמב"ם asks, chazal say that it never happened that 'ה said He was going to do good to someone & then He did bad, so why was Yaakov afraid?
There's a story told about the רב מבריסק הגרי"ז זצ"ל during the war when there were missiles coming into ירושלים, & most of the people would go into the shelters to be protected. One such day he was learning in his upstairs study and against his family's wishes wouldn't go into the basement shelter. As the attacks intensified, his son & a neighbor fearing for his life, forced him to come down with them. While he was down there, a missile ripped through his wall & landed on his bed. What was his reaction? He called his son a מזיק, saying that had he not left the room it never would have gotten damaged! That's the kind of בטחון he had. Now unfortunately, most people don't have that kind of faith, so maybe Yaakov's intent was, being that מעשה אבות סימן לבנים, & the way he deals with Eisav will be the way we do, he had to do it in a way that would work for everyone. Of course he had complete faith, but that only works if there's no sin. That's why he said שמא ירגום החטא, going on future generations, that yes, for him there's no sin, so he could rely totally on divine protection. However, for the masses, we need to know how to deal with Eisav even if there is sin, so he taught us the way to go about it.
We can learn from here, says the אוצרות התורה, what to aspire to. If we want to live in peace, don't look for ways to try to change your destiny. Then 'ה will lead you through a life of goodness without your involvement. However, if you're always looking for new ways to try to improve your lot, 'ה will follow your lead, and it'll be up to you. It is incumbent upon us, that no matter what happens, to trust completely in 'ה, & then 'ה will protect us. We have to realize that all our trials are just a test to see if we'll put our full faith in 'ה!