Show
Me Your Glory
(A
WAY FOR US TO PREPARE FOR THE RETURN OF OUR LORD)
(THAT
WE MAY BE HOLY AS HE IS HOLY)
Hudson Taylor, the
missionary to China, said, "We are changed by beholding."
He may have had 2 Corinthians 3:18 in mind. "But we all,
with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord,
are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just
as from the Lord, the Spirit." Isaiah was changed by
beholding the glory of God, the awesome revelation of his holiness
(Isa. 6:1-8).
For years every
January I would take some time with God and ask him what he wanted me
to pray for that year. And for years, the answer was the same, "Show
me your glory." When you come face to face with God's holy
glory, you do one of two things: run away or run to his grace for
transformation. Ponder the prayer requests of Moses: "Let me
know Your ways that I may know You.
Show me Your glory. Go among us (Exo. 33:11-19,
34:5-10)." Consider the price of speaking intimately with God
friend-to-friend. Is the price worth the glory? What heart
attitudes does God need to transform, so that you can see all God's
goodness and know him as he really is?
As you are convicted by
the character of the Glory at whom you gaze,
make
Psalm 51:10-11 your prayer:
"Renew
my spirit" from glory to glory.
Just between you and God, pray
through these transformation points in
the verses below. "By your Spirit and for Your glory, renew
in me a right spirit of
(see below) . I want this to be a new beginning of your
glory and your Spirit unhindered in my life."
Look up the Bible verses that God puts his finger on.
LORD;
By your Spirit, renew in me:
humble and contrite spirit
Psalm 51:17
steadfast spirit Psalm
51:10
willing spirit Psalm
51:12, Psalm 110:3
a servant's heart Mark
10:44-45
spirit of forgiveness
Ephesians 4:32
quiet and gentle spirit 1
Peter 3:4
spirit of repentance Acts
26:20b
grateful spirit Ephesians
5:20
unity Philippians 2:1-8,
Romans 15:5-7
weeping Psalm 126:5-6
joy in the Lord Psalm
33:1
return to first love,
spirit of revival Revelation 3:18-20, 2:4-5
spirit of love 2 Timothy
1:7, 1 Cor. 13:3-8
diligent spirit 2 Timothy
1:7
delight in the Lord Psalm
37:4, 40:8
longing for God Isaiah
26:9
yielded spirit
Philippians 2:5-8
teachable spirit Psalm
25:4-5
spirit of truth 1 John
4:6
spirit of edification
Ephesians 4:29
renewal/filling of Holy
Spirit Ephesians 5:18, John 7:37-38
whole-hearted spirit
Numbers 14:24
spirit of fear of the Lord
Isaiah 11:2
rest in the Lord Psalm
37:7
undivided heart and new
spirit Ezekiel 36:26, Psalm 86:11
spirit of praise Isaiah
61:3
strong in spirit
Ephesians 3:16
worshiping spirit John
4:24
faith, rest in God
Hebrews 11:6, Psalms 37:7
spirit of wisdom
Deuteronomy 34:9
Thank God for the new thing that He is doing in your life.
Present to him the clean
empty vessel of your life to fill with his Spirit.
Pray always the prayers of
Moses:
Let me know your ways.
Show me your glory.
Go among us.
RENEW MY HEART FROM GLORY TO GLORY BY YOUR SPIRIT.
