March 30th, 2026
by Reed Bradley
by Reed Bradley
"Ascribe to the Lord, O heavenly beings, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness.”
Psalm 29:1-2 ESV
“Moses said, “Please show me your glory.” And he said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name ‘The Lord.’ And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.”
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“The Lord descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord. The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children’s children, to the third and the fourth generation.” And Moses quickly bowed his head toward the earth and worshiped.”
Exodus 33:18-19; 34:5-8 ESV
Glory is a difficult word for us to wrap our minds around. We simply don’t use it in our regular lives. It’s a church word, it has something to do with God, and perhaps most charitably we know it shouldn’t be given out freely to anyone or anything else.
Glory has to do with the weight of a person’s presence carried in their reputation. Who someone is and what they have done add to their glory. The Hebrew of the Old Testament conveys the idea of heaviness. It is an awe invoking quality of majesty.
No one is more glorious than God. Whose deeds rival the Lord? Who compares to our God? It is simultaneously terrifying and yet inviting, drawing us closer in awe of His presence. When the Lord extended mercy to the people of Israel after they rebelled at Mt. Sinai, Moses rejoiced but it sparked in him a desire to know the Lord still more. He had tasted and seen that the Lord was good to quote the Psalmist. More remarkable than the request is God’s answer to Moses. God invites him to deeper relationship to greater understanding.
Jesus invites us to know Him further today, to come into deeper relationship still. I pray we have the cry of Moses burning within us, pleading to Christ; “Show me your glory!” May God answer that prayer and may we bow and worship Him when He does!
Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness.”
Psalm 29:1-2 ESV
“Moses said, “Please show me your glory.” And he said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name ‘The Lord.’ And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.”
—
“The Lord descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord. The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children’s children, to the third and the fourth generation.” And Moses quickly bowed his head toward the earth and worshiped.”
Exodus 33:18-19; 34:5-8 ESV
Glory is a difficult word for us to wrap our minds around. We simply don’t use it in our regular lives. It’s a church word, it has something to do with God, and perhaps most charitably we know it shouldn’t be given out freely to anyone or anything else.
Glory has to do with the weight of a person’s presence carried in their reputation. Who someone is and what they have done add to their glory. The Hebrew of the Old Testament conveys the idea of heaviness. It is an awe invoking quality of majesty.
No one is more glorious than God. Whose deeds rival the Lord? Who compares to our God? It is simultaneously terrifying and yet inviting, drawing us closer in awe of His presence. When the Lord extended mercy to the people of Israel after they rebelled at Mt. Sinai, Moses rejoiced but it sparked in him a desire to know the Lord still more. He had tasted and seen that the Lord was good to quote the Psalmist. More remarkable than the request is God’s answer to Moses. God invites him to deeper relationship to greater understanding.
Jesus invites us to know Him further today, to come into deeper relationship still. I pray we have the cry of Moses burning within us, pleading to Christ; “Show me your glory!” May God answer that prayer and may we bow and worship Him when He does!
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