Where does our help come from?

Updates: 

• I received a good report from the doctor on Monday. There is no more cancer in my liver and every cancerous area in my body has reduced in size. There is still cancer in one of my lungs, my bones, and my neck, but they believe the remainder of my treatments will remove these spots.
• I am very grateful to God for this progress and have five treatments left.  

Prayer Requests and Praises:

• It is a huge praise to know the treatment is working. Please pray that the remaining infusions work and remove all the cancer! 
• Our kids have gotten sick with a fever upper respiratory bug. I am currently isolated away from them so that I don’t get sick. Please pray they recover and that both Jenny and I remain well. We need Jenny to stay well while she is working double-time!

What I am Learning: 

• I mentioned previously that I am memorizing the Songs of Ascent. The phrase “The Lord who made heaven and earth” appears three times in these chapters.
• Where does our help come from? If we want to have our fears calmed, the answer must be God. The Bible describes God as our helper. He is a very present “help” in times of trouble (Psalm 46:1-2).
• Yet how do we know he is able to truly help us? We know God will help us because he made everything.
• What do you need help with? Are the mountains falling around you? God made them. Is a sickness plaguing you? God made your body. Is an enemy threatening you? God made him too. The reminder of God as the maker of everything is a source of hope for the Christian. Take all your fears and anxieties to the one who made you, loves you, and holds the whole world in his hands. 

My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth. (Psalm 121:2)

Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. (Psalm 124:8)

May the LORD bless you from Zion, he who made heaven and earth! (Psalm 134:3)

What Has Been Encouraging: 

• I serve on staff with a team of wonderful pastors. These men have been faithfully encouraging me, praying for me, and supporting me. They have checked in on me, my family, and my parents as well. Recently, they wrote me a personal note marking the halfway point in my treatment journey. I am deeply thankful to serve with such godly men at First Baptist. I know that I am not alone in being one of the people who have been blessed by them!