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Exodus chapter 33, verse 18, Moses said, please show me your glory.

There is so much in Exodus 32, 33, and 34 that I would love to lead us to pray according to in Exodus 32 Moses praise the

intercedes for God's people who were under his judgment and God answers Moses's prayer and saves

his people from his judgment God does exactly what Moses asked him to do.

It's an awesome picture of the way we participate with God and what he's doing in the world.

When you get to Exodus chapter 33, the beginning Moses pleads for the fullness of God's presence

with his people saying,

I can't do anything you're calling me to do apart from the fullness of your presence with me and with us.

And then Moses goes into the tent of meeting to meet with God.

And we see this incredible verse.

God speaks with Moses face to face as a man speaks with his friend,

this personal communion with God.

But then you get to verse 18.

And God has answered Moses in all kinds of ways that he has prayed.

And then Moses says these words,

please show me your glory. And I'm reading this thinking, what are you talking about? Like, this is Moses. He's seen God's glory revealed in a burning

bush, this perpetual flame that didn't go out as God spoke to him personally.

This is the man who saw God perform plague after plague after plague to show his power and his

glory. This is Moses who saw God split a sea in half right in front of his eyes. He struck a rock and saw water

come pouring out of it to replenish his people. He prayed for food and saw God send bread from

heaven. This is the man who, when everybody else was warned to stay away from the mountain,

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