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Written by Kate Powell
The Holy Spirit continues to give Trexo wisdom around the language we use when we are asked the scope of what we do—or more simply, “What does Trexo offer?”
Over the last few years, God our Father has blown open doors we could never have dreamed of on our own. And yet, the answer has stayed surprisingly simple.
At the 30,000-foot level, Trexo’s heartbeat is this:
Trexo builds people and organizations globally to run God’s race—one person, one step, one issue at a time.
At its core, we build people. But when you pop the hood on that—when you move from the overview into the real work—you begin to realize something deeper.
We don’t just build people for momentum. We build people for pressure. We build people for weight. We build people for battle. Unfortunately, we live in a world at war.
Not merely the wars we see on the evening news, but an unseen spiritual battle that rages every day. There are dark forces actively working against God’s people, seeking to distract, discourage, deceive, and divide us from the intimate relationship with the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit that we were created to enjoy.
Yet, Jesus gives us an invitation that seems almost impossible in a world like this: “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”
How in the world can we live at rest in the middle of a raging war? How do we run the race God our Father has marked out for us while living from a place of rest?What does rested running actually look like?
I believe David helps answer those questions. He begins Psalm 144:1 with this declaration:
“Blessed be the Lord, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle.”
He trains.
But before David ever talks about preparation for battle, he begins with worship.
“Blessed be the Lord, my rock…”
It’s interesting that the first image David chooses is a rock. A rock symbolizes something solid, immovable, and dependable—a place of refuge when danger surroundedyou and a foundation that remained secure when everything else seemed to shake.
David is saying, “God is the One who does not move when everything else does.”
For David, this wasn’t poetic language. It was survival language. And it was personal. Before he ever wore a crown, David spent years running for his life. He knew what it felt like to live with uncertainty. He knew betrayal. He knew caves, wilderness, loneliness, and waiting.
So, when David calls the Lord his Rock, he isn’t describing an idea. He’s describing the God who held him together through every season of instability.
David also understood battle. By today’s standards, David would have been considered an elite special operations soldier. Few warriors in history possessed his experience, courage, or military success. By the time he wrote these words, he had fought countless battles and defeated many enemies in hand-to-hand combat, as recorded throughout 1st and 2nd Samuel.
David understood something every soldier knows: Training determines how you respond when the battle comes. But David also understood something even deeper. His skill was never ultimately the result of his own discipline. It was the result of God’s formation.
Notice what David says: “…who trains my hands for war…” He doesn’t say, “who trained my hands.” He says, “who trains my hands.” Present tense. Continuous.Ongoing. God’s training didn’t stop after one victory. It continued. The same God who prepared David yesterday was preparing him today. And He would prepare him tomorrow.
Most of us reading this aren’t preparing for physical combat. But every single one of us is engaged in spiritual battle. The enemy is constantly looking for opportunities to create distance between us and the One who built us.
He comes after our identity. Our marriages. Our children. Our health. Our minds. Our finances. Our calling. Anything that might distract us from abiding in Christ becomes a target.
God, however, has not left us defenseless. He trains us through His Word. He forms us by His Spirit. He shapes our character through everyday faithfulness. He prepares us long before we realize we’ll need the strength He’s developing.
David isn’t boasting about conflict. He isn’t chasing battle. He is describing formation. He is acknowledging that every victory in his life was preceded by God’s patient work within him. With humility, David is essentially saying,
“God, You are the One training me for what I could never prepare myself for.”
The battle found David. But God was already at work before it arrived. That is still true today. God doesn’t simply send His people. He builds them.
Before David ever stood in victory, he first stood in formation. Before the public moment, there was private training. Before influence, there was strengthening. Before the assignment, there was shaping.
Maybe you’re carrying the weight of building something. A ministry. A marriage. A business. A family. A career. Maybe you’re caring for aging parents. Maybe you’rewalking through a diagnosis. Maybe you’re simply trying to remain faithful in a season that feels heavier than the last.
Whatever God has entrusted to you, the weight is real. And if you’re honest, there are days you wonder if you’re built for it.
Psalm 144 reminds us that God rarely calls us into something He hasn’t already begun preparing us for. His greatest work isn’t simply what He accomplishes through us. It’s what He accomplishes in us. He is always more concerned with who we are becoming than what we are accomplishing.
That is what Trexo means when we say, “we build people.” Because before God builds ministries…Before He builds organizations…Before He builds influence… He builds His people.
After speaking about battle, training, and warfare, David does not move into more military strategy. He moves into something far more foundational. He moves into the only place true rest is found:
“He is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield, and he in whom I take refuge…” —Psalm 144:2
David does not move from battle to more battle. He moves from battle to belovedness. After speaking about war and training, he does not list weapons. He does not celebrate his own strength. He does not double down on strategy. Instead, he turns his attention fully to the One who made every victory possible.
Notice the order. David doesn’t begin with what God does. He begins with who God is.
He is my steadfast love. Before God is David’s trainer… He is David’s beloved.
The Hebrew word translated steadfast love is hesed—one of the richest words in the Old Testament. It speaks of God’s covenant love: faithful, unwavering, unearned, and unending. It is a love that does not disappear when we fail or weaken, because it is rooted in God’s character, not our performance.
Then David continues: My fortress. My stronghold. My deliverer. My shield. My refuge.
Every title is personal. Not a fortress. My fortress. Not a shield. My shield. David is not reciting theology he learned in a classroom. He is remembering a God he has experienced. Every name comes from relationship.
And this becomes the answer to the question we asked earlier:
How do we live at rest in the middle of a raging war?
Not because the battle disappears.
Not because the pressure gets lighter.
Not because we become strong enough to carry everything on our own.
We live at rest because the God who trains us is also the God who surrounds us.
The One who strengthens our hands also steadies our hearts.
The One who prepares us for the fight also becomes our refuge in the middle of it.
That is why David could bless the Lord before he ever described the battle. His confidence was never ultimately in his training. It was in the One who was doing the training.
At Trexo, we believe God is still building people. Not simply to accomplish more. Not simply to lead better. Not simply to endure harder.
He is forming sons and daughters who abide in Him—people whose identity is secure before their assignment ever begins. Because the safest place to live is not a life without battles. It is a life hidden in Christ.
So whatever battle you find yourself facing today, remember this: The God who is training your hands has not stopped holding your heart. He is your steadfast love. He is your fortress. He is your stronghold. He is your deliverer. He is your shield. He is your refuge.
And when your life is built on that foundation, you can run God’s race—not frantically, not fearfully, but from a place of deep and abiding rest.
