Wednesday Update May 6th, 2015

The Joy of Belonging to the Lord

“I trusted in Thee, O LORD: I said Thou art my God” (Psalm 31:14).

King David surely had many opportunities to truly trust in the Lord. Have you lately thought about what it means to “trust the Lord?”  It really is beautiful. I am not a language scholar. However I do know that David by the power of the Holy Spirit selected an incredible word for “trust.” It is the word batach. This Old Testament word has several powerful components. Several that I am thinking about has to do with “being secure, bold, confident.”

I know David lived far from perfectly. So do I. The blessed King of Israel however is such a testimony and such an encouragement to me. He didn’t live arrogantly. He surely could have. After all he was the King.  I don’t want to ever become arrogant. I need the Lord. I need to trust in the Lord.

You won’t be apt to catch me being confident in myself. My security, boldness, and confidence intentionally focus on the Lord. This journey with my Karen and her cancer really is overwhelming. I want to take it away. I can’t. I want to make her all better. I can’t. I want to stomp on that mass and smash it. I can’t.

But I can trust in the Lord and be confident in Him. He loves my Karen more than I ever can. He is able to do things in her life that only He can do. I am confident that there is no safer place for my Karen (or anyone else!) than to be in the Lord’s hands. It really is a win-win situation.

This brings me quietness tonight. I am filled with appreciation to Him for the wonderful news that after only two chemo treatments the mass has shrunk by 15%. She has never been any more beautiful and I have never loved her more than tonight. I am a man so in love. Karen and I are not alone. Over 400 different computers were logged on to my web site to check on Karen. But multiple people used the computer because my post was read by over 700 people last night. We are so blessed. We’re confident in the Lord and surrounded by people who are praying.

I am so glad that He is my God, Karen is my wife, and you are our friends who pray. Tomorrow morning will be blood labs. Then in the afternoon we see the pulmonologist. Friday morning early we see the oncologist and then Karen begins round three of six hour chemo-therapy. Go chemo! Smash the mass!

I’ll be in touch. It’s great to trust the Lord. How are you discovering the blessing of trusting Him?