Midrash provides the psychological backstory to the Torah and changes your spiritual thinking patterns. You will soon realize that the Torah cannot be fully understood without Midrash. The written Torah is hiding the true meaning and spiritual nourishment that you are meant to extract. Learning Midrash is a great source of faith because the Midrash pulls back the curtain to reveal God’s hiding places - you see how God operates at the intersection of free will and Jewish destiny.