We need to continually be trusting God and communing with Him—not just when times are hard.

Part 1

“Trust in him at all times;”
To “trust” in our verse means “to confide” in Him.  Because of David’s personal experience with the LORD, he thinks everyone needs to trust in Him.  And to trust in Him in all situations and environments.  “Trust in Him at all times,” convenient or not, in good times or bad.  There is no time when we should let down our guard and not trust Him.

“Ye people, pour out your heart before him:”
David encourages the readers here to “pour out their hearts before Him.”  That is, we need to wholly and honestly tell God what is on our hearts.  Hold nothing back, for He knows all.  Openly share the content of our hearts with Him.

Hannah, longing for a child, did this.

“And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD,” (1 Samuel 1:15).

Job, after losing everything and then putting up with his counselors opened his heart to God.

“And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me,” (Job 30:16).

The psalmist has been thirsting for God, and he’s been in pain crying all night, and then he gives everything to God.

“When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude,  I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday,” (Psalm 42:4).

Jeremiah tells God’s children to share everything with the Lord.

“Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street,” (Lamentations 2:19).

Why do we need to get into the habit of pouring out our hearts to the Lord?  Come back tomorrow and let’s talk about it.