Psalm 62:8 “Trust in him at all times, O my people! Pour out your heart before him; God is our refuge.”
Heavenly Father,
“Trust in him at all times”….sounds simple! However, we all know that it is easier to trust when things are going well and we don’t need to trust, we don’t need any help. It is more of an illusion of trust during those times. We say it, but we don’t really live it or pray it. When times get tough and someone we love is dying, or our financial support is shaken, or any other of many disasters strike our lives, than our trust often waivers. Bad times are a test of our trust. That’s when we often feel forsaken. It should make us feel good that even Jesus felt “forsaken” on the cross. I know that I sometimes give lip service to my trust in you, LORD, and I want my trust to be real and deep. I don’t want to go through trials to see how strong my trust is…no one does!…but I do want my faith and trust to survive anything. I need you! Without you, I’d be lost. “Pour out your heart”…how do we pour out our hearts? “Pour” suggests something liquid that flows. My heart must “melt” to pour out. I can’t be “hard-hearted”, but need to be soft and pliable and willing to flow freely. Love pours…it flows outward surrounding and touching others. Love gets into things and becomes part of them. Love is a liquid that takes our life and mixes it with other lives when we pour it out. Love intermingles, permeates, washes over, involves itself with others. You poured love on us through Jesus Christ. His blood, his love is now intermingled and washed over us. We must let our hard hearts “melt” and pour out with a mixture of our love and Jesus’ love and flow onto others who have yet to find this love. When our hearts melt, you can use us. Our poured out heart is now filled with your love. We trust because you love us. We trust with emptied hearts that have been refilled with your love. You are our refuge, at all times! Amen.
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