A worthy confidant is one to whom we can safely confide our secrets. The wisdom and discernment of that confidant will be respected by us. The confidant will be trusted by us implicitly, and will be both available to us and responsive to us. Few are the friends who fully qualify as confidants, and even those who do, still have the thorns that can prick us – except One – and His name is God. God’s nature (the essence of His being), God’s attributes (those qualities belonging to Him apart from His nature), and His character (the demonstration of who He is) – all give substance to the fact of His worthiness as our perfect confidant. So too does a consideration of all that God does. From His forming and sustaining of creation to His sovereignty and the enactment of His plan of redemption to His very personal involvement in the details of our individual lives, His worthiness to be fully trusted is underscored.
A.W. Tozer once said to God, "Our Father, we love Thee for Thy justice. We acknowledge that Thy judgments are true and righteous altogether. Thy justice upholds the order of the universe and guarantees the safety of all who put their trust in Thee." In other words, God’s righteousness gives God the capacity to be counted on. Psalm 103 presents the evidences of God’s righteousness, and Psalm 9 confirms the righteous doing of God. But Psalm 9 also reminds us that God is a shelter for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble, He does not abandon those who seek Him, and He does not ignore the cries of those who suffer, and Psalm 103 also speaks of forgiveness, redemption, and renewal, and God’s unfailing love and tender compassion. God’s "right-ness" and His worthiness as a confidant are inseparable. God’s righteousness demands that He responds righteously to the righteous, and that He maintains a devotion to what is good. The good God gives to the one who is dependent on Him is heard in His quiet voice when long hours are spent in an emergency room with a child who has been seriously injured, and His voice assures, "Whatever happens, I will be with you." Good is God surrounding us in the shadows of unanswered questions and deception when a teenager chooses a lifestyle so different from what we had wanted, and that teenager is our child, and God softens our heart cry and encourages a dependence on Him that lets go of our circumstances and rests in His sovereignty. The taunts of past sin are met with the good of God’s truth that upholds the forgiveness and the family relationship that are irrevocably mine.
Daughter of God, we return to the simplicity of God’s invitation. He simply says, "Come.
– Bev
(Related Bible reading: Psalm 9:7-10; Psalm 103:8-18)
