Good
Morning All!!
Psalm
62:8: “Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before
him; God is a refuge for us.”
Did you or do you keep a diary? Do you have a place where you write down all
those thoughts that you have and then lock them away so no one else will see
it? When I was much younger, it was
common for girls to have diaries and to pour their hearts out in the
diary. They would lament over boys and
teachers and friends and enemies and what today we call “frenemies” and only
the most trusted friends ever saw the inside of the diary. Some of the boys did but not many. People like to have a way to “unload” their
thoughts and feelings and not just teenage girls. Psychologists still recommend using this
method to relieve burden and stress.
The origin of the court jester in the royal
courts was one of being someone who the king would talk to and tells him all
his innermost thoughts and fears. The
court jester was then one of the few who could speak bluntly to the king and
get to keep his head. The court jester
served as a confessor to the king. The
king would confess all his thoughts, plans, desires, or fears and the court
jester would be a sounding board for the king.
It is somewhat ironic that someone who is viewed as a fool or simply an
entertainer would serve this role but the court jester was one of the few
people a king could trust. We all need some way to eliminate the
frustrations and fears that we have and we need someone or somewhere to get rid
of the burden.
Our verse speaks to us of how God is to be
our confessor or our diary. Pour your
hearts out before him; what an amazing phrase and an incredible promise yet we
rarely use it. We try to hide things
from God. We all have something, some
sin; that we just refuse to let go of that we refuse to confess and yet God
knows all our secrets. When you and I
confess our sins, or admit our fears, or acknowledge our weaknesses to God; we
are not telling him anything new; God already knows. Yet by confessing our sins and our other
shortcomings we benefit. You see as long
as we hang onto those sins and those fears, the devil and our old sinful nature
has stuff to throw at us stuff to make us feel ashamed and unworthy of God’s
gifts. As long as we think we are hiding
that sin from God we have a 100 pound weight on our back and we just keep
walking getting bogged down by the weight of our sin. And remember this is a sin which God has
already forgiven we just don’t want to let go so the devil just keeps picking
at it like a scab from a cut, the devil just keeps picking and inflaming it and
causing us pain.
God tells us over and over,” it doesn’t have
to be that way”. Confess your sins, or
as the Psalmist wrote ‘pour out your heart’ and God will give you refuge. God sent his Son to die a horrific death
because he loves you; how much more proof do we need? Pour out your heart; your sins and fears
alike and let God deal with them.
Gracious Father, we are slow to turn to you at all times and
we miss so many of your tender mercies because of it. Give us the wisdom to trust in You at all
times that we may live the life that you desire for us. In Jesus’ precious name we pray. Amen
God’s
Peace,
Pastor
Bret
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