The Importance of Faith in Hashem

The Svasamis explains that even though the Israelites said, nah asaev anishmah, we will do first and then we will hear, God recognized that they would not be able to sustain this approach. When God said, I am the Lord who took you out from Egypt, he identified himself as the God who redeems. Faith means aligning with this purpose of Hashem to be willing participants in redemption.