His Glory, His Way

by Melissa Fross, Threshold Staff

A few years back, a Christian band called Third Day produced a powerful song entitled “Show Me Your Glory” that became an instant classic. The song echoed the prayer of Moses in Exodus 33, verse 18: “And [Moses] said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.” And the Lord answered the prayer by pressing Moses into the cleft of the rock as He walked by. Moses viewed the hinder parts, the remainders, of God’s glory, and we stand in awe of the relationship between Moses and the I Am. But stop and think about it; was this really what Moses asked for? To see God’s leftovers? No. He asked to see the full glory of God, and God in His mercy in effect said, “No.” To see all of God’s glory would have meant instant death for Moses, and his God protected him. 

Was Moses bummed by the fact that God didn’t answer his prayer his way? I don’t think so. I think Moses was so overwhelmed by the trails of glory that he didn’t have the human wherewithal to be disappointed. While it may not have been what Moses expected, the impact of his experience was visible for days afterward, as the skin on his face glowed supernaturally to the point that no one else in the camp could stand to look at him.

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