Cancer – Can We Trust God?Намуна

Day 1: In God We Trust… Really?

In America, "In God We Trust" is printed on our currency, but is it truly etched on our hearts?

If we’re honest, most of us trust things every single day without much thought. We trust that our car will start in the morning, that the internet will load our emails, that the plane we’re boarding will land safely. We trust the banks to hold our money and the food we buy to nourish our bodies. But here’s the deeper question: when life falls apart, when the job is lost, the relationship ends, or the diagnosis is terminal, can we still trust God?

I had to confront that question when I was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive cancer. I was told my immune system would be completely wiped out. Treatments would destroy every cell in my body, good and bad, and then we would hope my system could rebuild itself from scratch. In that moment, I wasn’t in control anymore. Everything I thought I could lean on, my routines, strength, experience, was gone. What I had left was fear... and a choice: would I keep trying to hold things together myself, or would I finally, fully trust God?

Lying in that hospital bed, unsure whether I would live another week, I heard a whisper in my spirit: “You can trust Me. I’ve always been in the fire with you.” And I realized, God’s presence wasn’t something I had to earn. It was already there.

Abraham knew something about trust without a roadmap. In Genesis 22, God asked him to do the unthinkable: sacrifice his son, Isaac. Abraham didn’t have a step-by-step plan. He didn’t know how God would come through. But he walked up that mountain anyway. Why? Because he trusted the character of God more than the circumstances in front of him. He believed that even if it didn’t make sense, God could be trusted to provide.

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.” Proverbs 3:5 (NIV)

Trust isn’t about understanding everything; it’s about knowing the One who does. And Psalm 20:7 reminds us not to place our trust in worldly things, chariots, horses, systems, or strength, but in the name of the Lord.

So, let me ask: who or what are you really trusting today? Is your faith in your own ability to figure things out? In your bank account? In your backup plan? Or is your trust fully placed in God, the one who holds every detail of your life, even the ones that don’t make sense yet?

Here’s the truth: God doesn’t require blind faith. He invites relational trust. The more we walk with Him, the more we learn that He really is who He says He is, faithful, good, and close in every storm.

Action Step:
Write down one area of your life where you say you trust God but often end up taking control. Surrender it in prayer. Ask God to help you live like you trust Him, even when the outcome is unclear.

Reflection Questions:

1. What does trusting God really mean to you?
2. Where in your life are you still holding on to the 1%?