Show Us Your Glory
A.W. Tozer has said what we conceive God to be like in our deepest heart is the most important thing about us. At a deep level, our image of God shapes almost everything about us, particularly how we relate to God, to one another, and even to ourselves. In Exodus 33-34, Moses makes a bold request of God: Show me your glory! It is a desire to know what God is really like, and to know it at a deep, pervasive, life-shaping level. God's response is surprising: He declares his name (YHWH!) and his character to Moses, letting Moses in on God's own deepest heart reality. Between now and Thanksgiving, we're looking at Exodus 34.6-7, the most often quoted verses in the Bible by the Bible, taking God's self-revelation seriously, and asking YHWH to meet us by his Spirit, to open the eyes of our hearts, and to make us know the full reality of his Name. Show Us Your Glory!
QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION
Read Exodus 33:12-34:9
Read Exodus 33:12-17. What is Moses' first request? What is significant about it?
Read Exodus 33:18-23. What is Moses' second request? What is significant about it?
How does God respond in Exodus 34:5-7? What jumps out at you about God's self-revelation?
Read Exodus 34:8-9. How does Moses respond to his encounter with God?
Turn Moses' request into prayer together. Consider Ephesians 1:17-19.
Oct 8, 2023 - Steve Hart