Wednesday, July 20, 2005
Show me Your Glory!
Yahweh said to Moses,' Again I will do what you have asked, because you have won my favour and because I know you by name'. (Exodus33:17)
A sole leader, Moses, leading millions of people out of Egypt, straight into the wilderness. God promise Moses that HE Himself would be with Moses in verse 14. If that was not enough, God said to Moses that he could ask anything because he has won favour with God!
Now, what will this leader, who just made history for leading the largest mass exodus, ask for?
The Hebrews faced many challenges in the wilderness, especially battles/wars. Could Moses have asked for more pillars of fire? or warriors?
Millions of whinning, unappreciative, hungry, impatient, idol worshipping ex- egyptian slaves on his back. You have Moses who became a shepherd when he ran away. Could he have asked God to turn them into sheeps?
Moses knew exactly what God could do. With God's infinite power, a shepherd's staff became snake, the nile became blood, gnats fill the air, locusts layered the ground, blackness even at noon, flesh covered boils and funerals for first-borns overnight.
And if the above didn't satisfy, God turned the Red Sea into their Red Carpet. Indeed Moses knew what God could do!
Moses said, " SHOW ME YOUR GLORY
, i beg You".(Exodus 33:18)
Was Moses dumb? He could have asked for more powers! Probably, "Carry us to the promise land!" But Moses said, Show me Your Glory.
I want your heart-stopping, ground shaking, sea splitting extraspectalularness.
We have no small issues/ problems. We don't need a small god!No thank you! We need your glory! and Just like Moses did, we also cry out to God the same way, Show me your glory! Asking for God's glory is like asking for almost anything. His glory comes with him!
What is this glory? It is simple but so Glorious.
A 5 yr old boy went for his first funeral. 5 years of his life had not prepared him for death. Aunties weeping loudly, Uncles staring wide-eyed at the casket. Fear over took him. How much could this 5 yr old take? Weeping ladies frightens him, the uncles puzzle him and the dead guy spooks him! But! As he looks up, he sees his father smiling softly back. Everyone else is wailing, the guy in the coffin is still dead. But if Dad, in the midst of all, smiles and says it's okay, then it's enough.
He realised something. He could actually look around and find fear, or look at his father and find comfort and faith.
He chose his father.
So did Moses.
So can you!!
Amen.
Feel Lonely @Wednesday, July 20, 2005
