“Show Me Your Glory” by Steve Lawson
God answers Moses request to show His glory by saying, “I will cause all My goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim My name, the Lord, in your presence. I will have mercy on who I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion” (Ex. 33:19). God tells Moses that greater displays of His glory are yet to come. “When we come to God in humble submission, desiring to know more of Him, He delights to reveal more of Himself to us.”
This incredible statement should make us shudder in awe. This gives us proof that the God of the Bible must be true. No other god can reveal its glory. All other gods lack the ability to do so. They have no life or mental ability. All other gods have been created by fallen people who have an innate desire to worship. Their blind eyes and hard hearts rebel against God by seeking the alleged glory of God, thus exchanging truth for a lie.
Note God stated in Exodus 33, “I will cause all My goodness to pass in front of you.” God equates His glory “with His goodness. This aspect of God represents His moral purity.” God then uses a word that could be translated as preaching when He says, “I will proclaim My name, the Lord, is your presence.” Steve explains, “God announces that He will bring an authoritative and powerful exposition of Himself to Moses. This will be a fervent and passionate proclamation by God to His servant…God will preach on ‘the name of the Lord’ The divine name refers to everything that God is – the whole of His nature, character, and person.”
Again, we must ask God to reveal Himself to us more and more. Doing this comes with a blessing. Hebrews 11:6 tells us that God “rewards those who earnestly seek Him.” Knowing God is not only the name of a great book by J. I. Packer. It must be the passion of every person who claims Jesus as Savior and Lord. Show that passion and watch how God will surprise you.
Pastor Gillikin