Have you ever wished that people would open their heart and confide in you? When this happens we feel appreciated, trusted and that we have worth. Now imagine that the one who is confiding to you is important and powerful, how much more would we feel valued? Scripture tell us in Psalm 25:14 that God, the creator of all, wants to and promises to confide in us.
That’s right; God wants to confide in you and me. He wants us to know the details and depths of His promises or covenant with us. Imagine, God wants to teach us the immensity and details of His promises to mankind. This is more than just knowing what the promises are, but includes understanding them intimately and in a life altering way. God wants us to know that these promises are based on His Word to each of us. It was a legally binding promise that can only be broken by God. He will never break it so we can have eternal confidence in it. What we must do is believe and take God at His word, accepting what He has promises.
Now you may be thinking that there has to be a catch and you would be kind of right. You see it’s not so much a catch but a condition to having God confide in us. We must first live a life of ‘fearing’ the Lord. This is a continual growth process and the more we learn to fear God the more He will confide in us. So, what does it mean to ‘fear the Lord?’ This concept is referred to more than 280 times throughout Scripture so understanding it is important to our Christian life. The ‘fear’ being talked about is not to be afraid of the wrath or judgment of God. Fearing diving punishment. The ‘fear’ we should have is that of disappointing God. Much like a small child wants to do their very best to hear their dad say how proud they are. We should be living in such a way that we are worried if God will be disappointed in us and this should motivate us to always do better. When we live like this, God will want to share His plans with us so that we can live according to His expectations. What an awesome opportunity we all have to become God’s confidants as we learn to fear our loving heavenly Father.
