People will speak of the power of Your awesome acts, And [with gratitude and submissive wonder] I will tell of Your greatness. They will overflow [like a fountain] when they speak of Your great and abundant goodness and will sing joyfully of Your righteousness. – Psalm 145:6-7 (AMP)
Psalm 145 is one of the Psalms that I have had a hard time escaping lately. I especially enjoy reading it (anything really these days) in the Amplified version, as you can see above.
Verses six and seven have been verses that have consistently scraped against my heart. For example, I was struck by the idea someone not just talking of God’s greatness possibly with eloquent words but doing it in a way that overflows like a fountain! It makes me think of people that I have known who have literally had a glow about them when they speak of the Lord, and who leave you feeling refreshed after having listened to them talk about Him with such passion and enthusiasm. People who speak about Him as if He is their closest friend; there is always substance on that kind of conversation.
This led me to ask the Lord a very direct question: WHY. Why don’t I always “overflow like a fountain” when I speak of Him and His greatness? As I meditated on this, I felt the Lord as me a question in return: WHEN. When have I indeed overflowed like this when talking about Him? I had to really think about it.
This return question from the Lord led to an answer that was slightly confronting for a moment.
The truth is, I overflow when talking about Him when I am living fully connected to Him, fully abiding and living as One with Him, not just when I am reading about Him or talking about Him.
The answer fully came down to the KNOWING, not just an exchange of information (if you get a chance, read my prophetic dream about “The Master and the Exchange” here).
At the beginning of 2025, I felt to start reading the book of Exodus in tandem with Psalm 145. In Chapter 15, the Israelites had already experienced the power and deliverance of the Almighty God. Yet, unlike Moses and Aaron, most of them were lacking a depth of relational connection to Him. They knew about God; they had experienced Him and had seen Him do marvellous things. But without the relational side of things, they had no “gratitude and submissive wonder” and thus began grumbling and complaining, rather than overflowing like a fountain.
Ultimately, this destroyed a large portion of a generation.
Another example of this dynamic is the Pharisees. These guys knew everything there was to know about the law, the prophetic words of old and they probably could tell you verbatim the miracles that the Lord had done over the ages. And yet, for all their head knowledge and love for the Torah, they didn’t KNOW God. When they overflowed like a fountain, it brought more accusation and condemnation (and pride) than it did the absolute gratitude and submissive wonder of their beautiful Lord.
I feel that perhaps the Lord is summoning us, yet again, to be aware of where we have reverted back to obligation and head knowledge with Him, rather than depth of intimacy and abiding. This is not meant to bring accusation; I believe it is an invitation to have a look at our intimacy with Him and readjust where necessary.
Great is the Lord, and highly to be praised, And His greatness is [so vast and profound as to be] unsearchable [incomprehensible to man]. – verse 3
Accept the invitation....He is waiting!
xxxooo
Mandy
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