O Lord, You have searched me and known me. You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. You comprehend my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word on my tongue, but behold, O Lord, You know it altogether. You have hedged me behind and before, And laid Your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain it. Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence?
If I ascend into heaven, You are there; if I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there.
If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there Your hand shall lead me, and Your right hand shall hold me. If I say, "Surely the darkness shall fall on me," even the night shall be light about me; indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You, but the night shines as the day; the darkness and the light are both alike to You (Psalm 139:1-12).
Part of walking by faith is maintaining a positive confession while waiting for the manifestation of answered prayer. Faith is always released from our heart with words. So saying what you believe is all important to having effective faith.
But the other side of the coin is that we are human and life brings disappointments and frustrations along with emotional hurt and pain. Just the way we’re wired we sometimes need a place to vent these things and sort out our thoughts. And I have found that the best place to do this is in the presence of the Father.
You’ll find David in the Psalms venting his heart-felt frustrations to the Lord over and over again. Instead of stuffing his emotions, he let them go in a safe place. That safe place for all of us is in a private place in the Father’s presence.
Over the years in my life as circumstances have brought disappointment and frustration, I’ve learned to run the Father and tell Him everything: the good, the bad, and the otherwise. He understands our deepest thoughts and reasonings, and knows why we do what we do. He is the only person in the universe that knows us to the core of our being.
Taking time to get comfortable enough in God’s presence to pour out all our motives and thoughts will be one of the most worthwhile things we’ll ever do. Pouring our heart out to the Father is like a pressure valve being release from within.
I’ve learned to tell the Father every single thing I think and feel about a situation and why I feel that way. I usually take some time and go into detail as to what happened, how it made me feel, and what it makes me think about. Then I just sit back and take some time to get quiet and let His word minister to me. I ask Him to help me overcome the issue and give Him permission to speak into my life. He won’t speak unless you invite Him to. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you (James 4:8).
Since He already knows everything about everything, why hide? The more honest we are with the Father, the freer we will become. And the easier it will be to really be ourselves with others. Faith will become a heart-felt process if we’ll spend time with the Father and talk to Him about life’s challenges and how we think about them. Afterwards, when we leave His presence and make a confession of faith, our intimate relationship with the Father will boost our faith and we’ll rise above the circumstance, carefree and joy filled, and with the expectation that He will answer our prayers.
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