Glory

He's not here for our viewing pleasure
Not here for a one night stand
He doesn't wanna only take a measure
Of our hearts, leaving the rest in our hands

Yet still we are always saying
"You've grown just a little too large
For this box that we've prepared;
We never meant for this space to be shared."

He doesn't want to stay in our churches
Wants to be in our everywhere
Why can't we see He doesn't fit our descriptions?
But He's too much for our pride to bear

We've gotten use to our pretty adjectives
Making us sound so righteous now
When really we don't have a clue
About what a moment in His glory could do


These are some lyrics to a song I'm writing. God kinda woke me up with these words. To me, they're kind of intense. In attempts to write some kind of chorus for this song, I was looking up the word glory because I think that we as Christians do all these things due to a lack of glory being manifested in our lives. This study led me to Exodus 33:12-23 where Moses is talking to God on Mount Sinai, asking Him how he will know if God's presence will be going with them. God tells him that His "Presence will go with [him], and [He] will give [him] rest" (vs. 14). How do WE know when we're following the path that God wants us on? By whether or not we have rest, or peace. Moses continues to ask Him to come with him and the Israelites, and eventually asks God to "Please, show me Your glory" (vs. 18).

This hit me hard because Moses had seen God's presence, His promises fulfilled, God's power, and so many other things about God. But in asking to see God's glory, Moses is asking to know God's PERSON, His CHARACTER. When can we get to the point that if God didn't do another single thing for us, that we would still chase after Him harder than ever because we just want to know Him. Just Him, not His goodness, mercy, grace, love, power, presence, gifts, blessings. Just Him. When can we get to a place where just hearing His name being said, or just saying His name ourselves, makes us so excited we begin praise Him right then in that moment? This is where our hearts should be as Christians. Yearning so deeply just for a moment in His glory that we can't bear to be without it working in our lives daily. When the saints of God get to that point in their walk with Him is when a revival will sweep across this nation and lives will be changed for ever.