Pour It Out

Monday, June 27

Pour It Out

Trust in Him at all times, you people; Pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. Psalm 62:8

In today’s verse, the psalmist encourages us to pour out our hearts to God. This is what David himself does on many occasions, telling God exactly how desperate he is feeling, or how angry he is. Psalm 62 is a good example of this. It begins with David saying where his hope lies and then goes on to reaffirm his trust in God. He then goes on to talk about his enemies, and how he has been scorned, disgraced and shamed. Another time where David shares his pain is in Psalm 69. He starts to express his anger about them and this turns into a real rant, with him asking God to pour out His wrath upon them (verse 24) and to “charge them with crime upon crime” (verse 27). After pouring out his anger to God, his mood seems to change completely. He obviously feels greatly relieved and released, peace is restored, and he is able to end the psalm with praise to God.

This is a good model for us – not with the words he uses about his enemies, which are a bit shocking, but in the way that he expresses his emotions and is being real with God. Sometimes people are embarrassed to tell the Lord exactly how they are feeling, and so they bury their emotions, especially any anger they might be experiencing.  They seem to think that God might be shocked if they express what they are truly feeling! But God knows exactly what is going on inside us and so he cannot be shocked. Therefore, we ought to pour it out. Talk to God and tell Him how you feel.

I read it once where it says, “The single most important piece of advice about prayer is one word: Begin!” Today, begin with prayer and talk to your heavenly Father