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A Moment of Glory
Exodus 33:18-23; 34:5-8
There is something in us that longs for glory.
Seahawks.
Steelers.
Looking for glory.
Fans with their faces painted, bodies painted, weird hats, strange costumes – hoping to get on television at the game tonight.
Why?
Looking for a moment of glory.
Advertisers like Burger King, Sprint, FedEx, Unilever, Gillette, and Cadillac – paying around $2.5 million for a 30-second spot.
Why?
Looking for a moment of glory.
But any kind of earthly, man-made glory winds up being a disappointment.
John Burrough, played for the Atlanta Falcons in Superbowl XXXIII (33).
Listen to what he said about his 1998 Super Bowl experience:
In the middle of all the explosions and hoopla and hype, all I could think was, Is this it?
Is this all it is?
Why, this doesn't even compare to worshiping my God! (Sports Spectrum; submitted by Mike Herman)
As a believer in Jesus Christ, John Burrough knew that he was created for a greater glory than a football field or any other thing on earth could have to offer.
"What is eternal?
What lasts?
What will be with us, who will be with us?
What lasts in our hearts to give us that eternal joy, that forever happiness?
That's what I want.
And that comes from Christ alone.
Period."
Tonight, I want us to see and hear the testimony of a man who witnessed God’s glory.
Moses – plenty of man’s glory in his lifetime.
Grew up in Pharaoh’s palaces in Egypt.
A prince.
A member of the Royal Family in the most lavish, wealthy, and ornamented dynasty of his day.
· The glory of Egypt’s wealth and gold.
· The glory of its learning and scholarship.
· The glory of its military power and might.
· The glory of its artistry and culture.
Then, banished from Egypt and from his own people, Israel, on the backside of the wilderness, keeping his father-in-law’s sheep – Moses saw a bush that burned with the fire of God and that miraculously was not consumed.
His first glimpse of God’s glory.
Saw God’s glory manifested as the Lord worked mightily to bring His people out of Egyptian bondage.
Saw God’s glory lead the people of Israel by a billowy cloud in the daytime and a burning fire at night.
The more he got to know God, the more Moses longed for God’s glory.
Listen to his bold request of the Lord:
Exodus 33:18 And he [Moses] said, “Please, show me Your glory.”
I want us to think about that request for a few minutes this afternoon, as we consider the only One to whom real Glory is due – Our great and mighty God.
Consider first … \\ \\
1. *The Hunger for God’s Glory*
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As leader of God’s people, taking them across the treacherous terrain of the Sinai wilderness, Moses knew how much he depended on God’s glory.
Beginning in verse 14, we’re allowed to eavesdrop on an intimate conversation between Moses and the Lord.
Exodus 33:14 And He said, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
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Exodus 33:15 Then he said to Him, “If Your Presence does not go with us, do not bring us up from here.
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Exodus 33:16 For how then will it be known that Your people and I have found grace in Your sight, except You go with us?
So we shall be separate, Your people and I, from all the people who are upon the face of the earth.”
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Exodus 33:17 So the Lord said to Moses, “I will also do this thing that you have spoken; for you have found grace in My sight, and I know you by name.”
God promised his presence to Moses.
Then Moses made an audacious request.
A request not only for God’s presence, but to see the fullness of His glory.
Exodus 33:18 And he said, “Please, show me Your glory.”
Glory – The Hebrew word means “heaviness” It means to be mighty or weighty.
In His glory, the Lord possesses a weighty worthiness – a holy heaviness that merits our reverence, fear and praise.
God is full of glory.
The prophet Habakkuk gave this witness of the majestic worthiness of God:
Habakkuk 3:3 His glory covered the heavens, And the earth was full of His praise.
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All of heaven cannot contain God’s glory, and the tongues of the tribes of all earth cannot adequately express the praise He deserves.
But though we cannot describe or even comprehend the height and the length and the depth of the glory of God, there’s something in us that longs for, that hungers for, that thirsts after God’s glory.
Most cars are made to run on gasoline.
A typical engine will not run properly on anything else but gasoline.
You can put in water.
You can put in alcohol.
You can put in kerosene.
You can put in diesel fuel – all with varying results.
But that car is made to run on gas.
God designed the human machine to run on Himself.
On his glory.
He himself is the fuel our spirits were designed to burn.
His glory is the fuel that our spirits were designed to feed on.
There is no other.
Success.
Money.
Attention.
Pleasure.
Entertainment.
Achievement.
Education.
None of those things adequately fuel the human spirit.
No, we must have God!
And we must have His glory.
Moses knew that.
So he asked for a glimpse of God’s glory.
But notice with me secondly …
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*2. **The Magnificence of God’s Glory*
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Listen to how God answered Moses …
Exodus 33:19 Then He said, “I will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before you.
I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.”
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Exodus 33:20 But He said, “You cannot see My face; for no man shall see Me, and live.”
God: My goodness.
My name.
My grace.
My compassion.
But not the full measure of my glory.
It would consume you.
It would overwhelm you.
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