Pour Out Your Heart

"Trust in Him at all times, you people; pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah."

Psalm 62:8

How good and refreshing it is to pour out our hearts to God!  We are commanded to be casting our cares upon the LORD because He cares for us.  I confess sometimes my prayers better resemble a small trickle than a pouring.  When we are finally content to be empty of self the Holy Spirit floods into our hearts with sustaining power, peace, and joy.  How easily we can hold onto cares when God urges us to trust Him and simply pour out our hearts before Him!  Is He not able to accomplish what concerns us and all others today?

It is wonderful we do not need to have answers or even all the information to pour out our hearts before God.  He is not like an earthly judge who requires us to present all our evidence before he will act according to the law, but God knows our needs even before we ask and will supply them by His grace.  We don't have to be privy to insider information or use spiritual lingo.  God knows what He will do even before we are compelled to pray!  How great is our Saviour!  How gracious and generous He is to us, we who instinctively hold onto our sins, worries, and concerns!  At all times He is a trustworthy refuge who will protect for us.  All we need is found in Him.

"Selah" means to pause and think about what was just said.  Take some time think over what the Psalmist has said and affirm it is true to your experience.  Are you trusting God today?  Have you poured out your heart before Him?  Do you realise God is the true refuge you have been desiring, far more glorious and lovely than the circumstances we have begged Him to change?  Let us pour out our hearts before Him holding nothing back, brothers and sisters of little faith.  We will find our peace, rest, and joy in Him today and always.