Ask for The Glory

Text: Exo 33: 18
More Lessons: 2 Chron.1:1-12
Bible Reading in One Year: 2Kings 1-3

A man was travelling from Nigeria to the United States of America and asked his son what to buy for him when coming back. The little boy requested for cakes and biscuits. Some years later, the man was travelling out of the country again and asked the boy what to buy. The boy asked the father to buy him a good pair of shoes. The father smiled and thought within him, ''Good, my boy is growing up; he is no longer asking for cakes.'' Years later the same boy asked for a car. The father knew that very soon his son would ask to go with him so that he could also do what the father was doing there. As the son grew, his requests changed. The requests you make to God are determined by the level of your growth and they determine the level of your glory.

Moses started a journey to another dimension of glory by making a request that nobody before him had ever made. Many of his forefathers had encountered God and at best asked for material things but he was different. Jacob was leaving home and he encountered God on his way; he got to a place where as he slept and had a revelation of angels of the Lord descending and ascending through a ladder to heaven. He testified that the Lord was in the place but he didn't know (Gen 28: 16). That would have been a wonderful opportunity to ask God for exceptional glory but Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the Lord be my God: Gen 28:20-21. Jacob stumbled upon the bedroom of God, got into the presence of Glory Himself and there he asked for bread and clothes.

And a lot of us are like Jacob; the glory and presence of God break forth in a meeting with signs and wonders but instead of using the opportunity to request for God's glory in our lives, we start watching the people falling under the anointing and analyzing the situations. Moses had experienced God at the burning bush (Exo. 2,3 ) He had spoken to God one on one as a man with his friend (Exo 33:11) and had seen and performed miracles, signs and wonders but he was still not satisfied so he asked for more: “Lord, show me your glory”.

Glory starts when a man desires and pursues the right thing, which is the knowledge of the glory of God. King Solomon was another man who made such wise request; his testimony and that of Moses remain indelible till today. I pray for you that you will make the right request from God today.

Prayer/Action
* Ask God for His unending glory.
* Ask for the glory that surpasses that of your fathers.
* Ask that the glory of God will beautify, impact and fill your whole life from today.

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