Sorry for not posting much this week friends, but hiding in room all the time makes people unhappy. But, I'm trying.
Psalm 64.8: Trust in him at all times, o people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us.
I really suggest you read this entire Psalm, it's a good one. But I want to look at this verse in particular. (This will also be a good example of how to read the Bible!)
Frist let's look at what it says.
Trust in him at all time, o people.
Pretty straight forward. We are to trust in God always. All of us are. At all times. Always. There should never be a moment when we shuoldn't trust him. Plain and simple. This means we are to trust God in our relationships (family, friends, significant others, co-workers, teachers, peers, etc.), trust God in manners of money, trust him in terms of the events that go on in our lives, trust God in all things. Now this doesn't mean we're passive about all things saying, "Oh I'm just trusting God." But instead we are to be proactive until God says "Nope." You go in to take a test and say, "Well I'm just going to trust God that I'll get a good grade." No stupid, you need to study. God isn't going to give you an A because you stayed up all night playing the lastest COD instead of studying. Would you expect someone to give you money after you went and blew it all at the casino and told them you expected them to help you? I wouldn't except them to help me. I'd expect them to beat be bloody, then thank them for it. But we are to trust in him, while being proactive until he says no. Understand? Good!
Pour out your heart before him
Also pretty straight forward. You have a best friend. Your boyfriend just broke up with you, your parents grounded you for texting too much, your car broke down, you just found out you failed a class, your house is haunted, your wallet got stolen, your girrafe got leporsy, and on top of it all you couldn't take a picture of your lunch today and post it on instagram. Man that sounds like a rough day. So you call up your bestie, and tell them about everything that has happened to you today, how bad of a day you had, how everyting is so unfair, and you pour your heart out to your best friend. Instead of first going to your best friend for this (and I'm not saying there isn't value in friends) go to God first and pour your heart out to him. Tell him everything, he wants to hear it. This is one of the reasons for prayer. To pour your heart out to God. Then go to your friend. But pour out your heart to God frist.
God is a refuge for us
As some people wrongly say, "What does that even mean?" Well look at the words, they're usually there so we know what that means.
1- God: Self evident
2- Is: again, self evident
3- A: round three!
4- Refuge: Here is a word we don't encounter often. Definition: a condition of being safe or sheltered from pursuit, danger, or trouble. Basically God is "base" in the life game of tag. Trouble in your life is It, you are the only other player, and God is "base."
5- For: obvious meaning
6- Us: usually obvous meaning, but in truth it means all peoples. Everyone. God is there for everyone.
So let's recap what all this means.
God is a safe place for us. We should always trust in him because he is a safe place for us. We should spill our heart out to him because he is a safe place for us. God is a safe palce for us.
Psalm 62.8
So now go, trust in God, pour your heart out to him, and use him as your safe place, your refuge.
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