This morning, I was reading in the Psalms and my spiritual vision focused on a few key phrases.

“The LORD does whatever pleases him, in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and all their depths. He makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth; he sends lightning with the rain and brings out the wind from his storehouses. He struck down the firstborn of Egypt, the firstborn of people and animals. He sent his signs and wonders into your midst, Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants. He struck down many nations and killed mighty kings—” (Psalm 135:6-10 NIV)

“The LORD does whatever pleases him”; “He struck down the firstborn of Egypt”; “He struck down many nations and killed mighty kings”. (Echoed in Psalm 136.)

Those are heavy words. We don’t often hear about this God from pulpits. It seems that the God that is preached about today is a wimpy one that is only allowed to accept the meager attention that is passively offered. He evidently isn’t allowed to, in His wrath, punish or offend anyone. King David knew the same God that I know. God is sovereign. God is jealous. God is a strong protector.

Every day the Lord speaks through me and to me. At times He speaks in tongues of men and other times in tongues of angels. But every time that the Lord speaks through me, He allows me to feel His heart and emotion. There are times when the grief that I feel is bigger than my own mind could fathom. When the Lord cries out in tongues of angels through me, I don’t understand the words but I feel the anguish, weep with Him, and shed the tears. I have also experienced God’s heart of disgust towards the false teachers who refuse to repent and learn from God.

He wants me to know His heart. That’s the intimacy that He offers to His anointed. Do you know God’s heart or are you just a bystander who rushes towards intimacy when you need His power or provision?