Nahum? Never Heard of Him.

I’m almost 57 years old, and somehow…I don’t think I’ve ever heard of the book of Nahum. Seriously. I’ve read through the Bible (or at least tried), listened to sermons, done Bible studies—but this one? Nope. Never stuck.

But today, as I read through this tiny, often-overlooked book, one verse stopped me in my tracks:

“The Lord is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in Him.” – Nahum 1:7

I just kept reading that over and over.

It doesn’t say we won’t have trouble. It doesn’t promise life will be easy or painless. But it does promise something powerful—that God is good, that He is our refuge, and that He cares for us…when we trust Him.

That word—trust—keeps showing up in my life lately. And the truth is, it’s easy to trust God when life is going smoothly. But when it gets hard? When we face the unknown, or the painful, or the overwhelming? That’s when trust becomes real.

How easy it is to drift in the good times. To not absorb His word until we’re desperate for answers. But when we stay close to Him every day—when we really know Him—we’re reminded that trust is the foundation. The anchor.

And here’s something I feel like we need to hear right now: our God is not blind to the oppression in our world. When leaders mislead or power is abused, when injustice seems to win—God can still be trusted. He sees. He knows. And in His time, He brings down the oppressors. All of them. In every generation. In every place.

But how we view God—and how we believe He views us—depends on whether we truly know Him.

That’s what I’m learning right now.

Thank you, Nahum. And thank you to Tara-Leigh Cobble and The Bible Recap, for introducing me to a prophet I somehow missed…and reminding me again that knowing God is what matters most.

So—have you ever heard of Nahum? You have now. :)

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