In This We Can Trust
“…The Lord is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked came against me To eat up my flesh, My enemies and foes, They stumbled and fell. Though an army may encamp against me, My heart shall not fear; Though war should rise against me, In this I will be confident.” (Psalm 27:1-3)
The Hebrew phrase, “in this I will be confident” uses the word batach literally saying, in this I will TRUST. Batach (Strong’s #982) is the most common word used for trust in the Bible and means: to trust, trust in, to have confidence, be bold, to be secure.
Batah can also take on a causative verb form. This means that somebody or something is “causing” the desired result to happen. What this means is that God “caused” David to trust in Him. As David was running for his life, living on a prayer, and hiding out in caves, God proved Himself to be a loving and faithful God to him.
David said, “My heart shall not fear.” Now, I’m not running for my life, or living in a cave as he was, nevertheless, there is a lot going on in my life that can cause my heart to fear. As I look around and hear the reports there are times that I feel that flutter of panic in my heart.
Biblically, the heart refers to the inner man, the mind, will, heart, soul, and our understanding. Beloved, it’s a bit of a miracle, but I believe that our heart can be at peace in the midst of a storm as we survey the Cross. I believe that the more we are able to comprehend that Jesus Christ would rather suffer and die than to spend eternity without us, the fear that is in our heart will change to trust.
Selah…O’ what a wondrous love the Lord has bestowed upon us!
“There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear…” (1John 4:18) It’s interesting to note that in classical Greek this word for fear (phobos) signifies flight. As I have mentioned before, fight or flight is a primal instinct.
God is love (1 John 4:8) and love never fails (1 Corinthians 13:8). Let’s not panic, let’s fly to Him in the Spirit as David so often did and find our rest. Just as in the beginning when God used light to bring calm out of ciaos He will do so again. Jesus Christ is our Light and our Salvation, in this we can batach. Amen and Amen.
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“Batah can also take on a causative verb form. This means that somebody or something is “causing” the desired result to happen. What this means is that God “caused” David to trust in Him.” TAL
I wonder if this has something to do with the verse that says that Jesus is the author and finisher of our faith?
Good diggin as always Tiffany Ann.
Maranatha!
Thanks Warren – that’s an interesting pondering you brought to the table too. Hummm….
*my captcha code is faithfull – God is amazing!
B’rachot (Blessings)