In the psalms God is showing us how he wants us to relate to him. We see people bringing all their experiences and feelings before God, including negative feelings like grief, fear, disappointment, shame and anger. It is important that we learn to do this, because these feelings, if we don’t take them to God, will take us away from God. We have a tendency to run off and nurse these feelings in the darkness. The problem with this is that Satan operates in the darkness. He loves it when we go off and hide in the dark with these kinds of feelings. For, it is in the darkness that his many lies retain their power over us. What we see in the psalms is people bringing their feelings into the light. It is here, in the light, that God can speak to us, assure us and encourage us. One of the reasons we don’t bring our negative feelings to God is because we feel bad about how we feel. Feelings of fear, disappointment, anger, along with doubt, make us feel ashamed. But the only healthy way to deal with what you feel is to bring your feelings to God. This will open the lines of communication between you and God. You will find then that God will speak into these experiences. He will bring light into the darkness and destroy lies with truth. When you bring your feelings to God you are making the decision to listen to him in the light rather than listen to Satan in the darkness.
What are you feeling right now? Bring that to God.
Read Psalm 141.
