Pray, and Pour Out Your Heart to God

Pray, and trust God because He is your refuge

Pray, and pour out your heart to God. Trust in Him at all times . . . pour out your heart before Him: God is a refuge for us. Psalm 62:8.

Have you ever confided in someone who betrayed your trust?

Have you ever confided in someone — just really bared your soul to them — only to have them betray your trust? Perhaps your confidant disclosed your private secrets to another person or group of people? Or maybe they took your information and used it to gain advantage over you? Those kinds of experiences can subconsciously (or consciously) make us wary about every disclosing our sensitive, secret information again.

God doesn’t have human frailties of gossiping or fighting unfairly

The Psalmist tells us that we can pray and pour out our hearts to God at all times. We can always trust Him with our inner-most feelings and information. God only wants what is best for us, and He is never going to betray us. He isn’t going to run and tell our secrets to anyone else. He doesn’t need to.

Moreover, if we have a difficult conversation with God, He isn’t going to throw our information back at us and remind us of our weaknesses or failures at the least opportune time in order to gain advantage over us. God doesn’t have human frailties of gossiping or fighting unfairly. We can trust Him with our hearts at all times.

God is our best possible Conversation Partner

When we pray and talk to God, in many ways, we can talk to Him just like we would talk to another person with whom we sit down and share a chat over a cup of tea (or coffee, as the case may be). We can talk to God just that freely; however, we are blessed to remember that God is an even better Conversation Partner than the best of best friends can ever be. Not only does God always have our best interests at heart, and not only will He never betray our trust, He is also Always available. You are never alone. He is always there. He is always available to listen.

What secrets do you wish you could tell someone?

Do you have any secrets that you have never told anyone? Maybe you didn’t tell because you were too embarrassed. Maybe you didn’t tell because you have been worried about what people will think of you if you tell. Maybe you have done nothing wrong, but someone wronged you. Maybe the person who wronged you made you promise not to tell, and you have felt obliged to keep their secret for them.

Maybe you have a secret about something you, yourself, have done wrong. Maybe you do not want to tell anyone for fear you will get in trouble for what you did wrong.

Pray, and tell God your deepest feelings and darkest secrets

Maybe for the last several hours or the last several years of your life, your secrets have been eating away at you. Maybe it is now time to tell Someone your secrets. Start with God. Talk to Him, and tell Him exactly what happened. Tell Him what happened to you, or tell Him what you did wrong.

For now, do not worry about whether you need to talk to someone other than God about your secret. Just talk to God, and let Him reveal to you whether you need to talk to someone else.

If someone wronged you, talk to God about how deeply you have been hurt by that person or event. If you have done something wrong, tell God what you did, and tell Him you are sorry for doing it.

I know God already knows what you have to tell Him. That’s ok. Your telling Him is for your sake . . . not His. You will feel better once you talk to Him about your secrets.

So, pray. Pour your heart out to God. You can tell Him about your deepest feelings and your darkest secrets. You can tell Him everything, and know that He is listening, and He won’t repeat any of it, and He will not use your information to gain the upper hand with you. He loves you. He wants to hear from you. Talk to Him now.

I’m Robyn Monroe.
. . . . . Writer, Speaker, Prayer Provocateur
. . . . . . . . . . Encouraging You to Pray. Everyday. One Prayer at a Time.

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