Believers have the privilege and opportunity to personally confide in God about the delights and heartaches of life through prayer.

We have an example of this in Jeremiah 20:9,10,11,13:

“Then I said, ‘I will not make mention of Him,
Nor speak anymore in His name.’
But His word was in my heart like a burning fire
Shut up in my bones;
I was weary of holding it back,
And I could not …
All my acquaintances watched for my stumbling, saying,
‘Perhaps he can be induced;
Then we will prevail against him,
And we will take our revenge on him.’
But the Lord is with me as a mighty, awesome One.
Therefore my persecutors will stumble, and will not prevail…
Sing to the Lord! Praise the Lord!
For He has delivered the life of the poor
From the hand of evildoers.”

About this prophet’s experience, F. B. Meyer observed:

“God always seemed nigh at hand. His ear always bent down to the least whisper of His servant’s need. Compelled to live much alone, this much-suffering man (Jeremiah) acquired the habit of counting on the companionship of God as one of the undoubted facts of his life. He poured into the ear of God every thought as it passed through his soul. He spread forth his roots by the river of God, which is full of water. There was no fear therefore that his leaf would become withered in the summer heat, or that he would cease from yielding fruit in the year of drought [Jer. 17:8].

“Let us seek this attitude of soul, which easily turns from man to God; not forgetting the hours of prolonged fellowship [with God in personal prayer], but, in addition, acquiring the habit of talking over our life with one who does not need to be informed of what transpires, but awaits with infinite desire to receive the confidence of His children. Talk over each detail of your life with God, telling Him all things, and finding the myriad needs of the soul satisfied in Him.”