“Moses said, ‘Please show me your glory.’” – Exodus 33:18
We would do well to spend more time thinking about God’s glory. God’s glory is the radiant outshining of all His wondrous attributes, the vast accumulated weight of Who He Is. All-powerful. All-knowing. Ever-present. Infinitely wise, good, kind, merciful, gracious, just, holy, righteous, patient, faithful, loving, and so much more. Sovereignly in control and meticulously concerned for His creation. Try to imagine all that, made visible.
The experience of God’s glory is so overwhelming that few have been able to see it. The day-to-day experience of God’s glory was lost because of mankind’s fall into sin. Nonetheless, a few have caught a glimpse. Moses could see God’s back, but not His face. Peter, James, and John briefly saw the glory of Christ as He was changed before their eyes and it changed them forever.
We catch glimpses of God’s glory in the beauty of a sunrise, the vastness of space, and the extraordinary process leading from conception to the birth of a child. What we see should make us hungry for more! Let us desire to see more of God’s glory and to be increasingly aware of His majesty as we enjoy our Christian privilege of worshiping, praying, and relating to our glorious God in Heaven.
The greater experience of God’s glory is what lies before every follower of Christ. One day, we will live forever in God’s glorious presence. The experience of that will be so vastly beyond our greatest earthly pleasures, delights, and satisfactions that it defies imagination. May the contemplation of God’s glory stir a hunger within you to pursue Him more and more, as you look ahead to your future in Christ!