Glory - When Heaven Invades Earth by Bob Sorge

Author:Bob Sorge [Sorge, Bob]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-03-13T18:55:36+00:00

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Touching the Glory Realm

I am absolutely desperate to see God's Glory—and I believe you are too! One of the holiest hungers we can have is for the Glory of God. Oh to see His Glory! This was Moses' cry. He prayed, "'Please, show me Your glory'" (Exodus 33:18). The fact that God answered his prayer is proof that God is willing to hear and answer our cries for His Glory. Glory is coming, and it's something God wants you to touch.

In this chapter I want to begin to describe what this Glory looks like that we desire so earnestly, and how we can touch it. My goal is not simply to enlighten you to Glory's reality, but to ignite you with a fresh passion to see His Glory. My prayer is that as you read this chapter prayerfully, the Lord might stir your spirit deeply and awaken a renewed desire to behold His Glory.

When Moses prayed, "'Please, show me Your glory'" (Exodus 33:18), the backdrop to that prayer is strategically important. A number of significant events preceded this prayer which deserve our attention. Few men in the Bible had encounters with God's Glory like Moses did. It all began the day that Moses saw a bush that was burning in the wilderness but wasn't consumed.

You may be very familiar with Moses' story, but allow me to review his encounters with God's Glory and power:

• He saw a bush in the desert that was burning but not consumed. Then, he heard God's audible voice ordering him to take his shoes off because he was standing on holy ground. God proceeded to call him verbally to lead His people from Egypt to the promised land.

• He threw his rod down, and it became a serpent; then, he picked the serpent up by the tail, and it was a rod again.

• He put his hand into his bosom, pulled it out, and it was leprous; he returned his hand into his bosom, and when he withdrew it again, it was healthy.

• He watched as ten fearful plagues invaded Egypt: blood, frogs, lice, flies, pestilence, boils, hail, locusts, darkness, and death. These judgments of God exploded before Moses' eyes, reducing the nation of Egypt to ruination.

• A protective misty cloud clung breathlessly to the ground between Israel and Egypt's army while a fierce gale blew over the adjacent sea, dividing the waters.

• They walked through the sea, on dry ground, with a wall of water on this side and that.

• On the opposite shore they watched as the sea returned upon itself, killing Pharaoh's entire army. Corpses were strewn on the beach.

• The bitter waters of Marah were made potable by casting a tree into the waters.

• Manna from heaven appeared on the ground, and water poured forth from a rock when Moses struck it.

• Then, they came to the mountain where God Himself descended in fire and a thick cloud. Huge plumes of smoke billowed into the sky, there was lightning and thunder,

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