The Bold Ask
Your face, Lord!
“Then Moses said, ‘Now show me your glory.’” — Exodus 33:18 (NIV)
Most of us would have asked for something different.
After all Moses had endured—the grumbling crowds, the golden calf, the wilderness weight. You might expect him to say, “Give me rest,” or, “Show me the way out.”
But instead, he says something audacious: “Now show me your glory.”
This wasn’t the prayer of a leader needing answers.
It was the plea of a friend who longed to see God more clearly, to be in His presence.
Moses had already seen miracles. He'd heard the voice in the burning bush. He'd walked through walls of water. God had provided bread, water, and meat in the desert. And still, he wanted more. Not more from God, but more of God.
That’s the mark of a soul that has tasted glory: it always wants more.
What if that prayer became the posture of our hearts?
What if you stopped asking God to fix everything and started asking Him to reveal Himself, His glory?
This one-line prayer holds both boldness and beauty. It strips away all the noise and reaches for the heart of God.
“Show me Your glory”—because nothing else will satisfy.
“Show me Your glory”—because I was made to know You.
“Show me Your glory”—because I want more than daily bread. I want You.
So here’s our invitation this week:
Don’t just ask for help.
Ask for Him.
Ask big.
Ask bold.
Ask to see His glory.
What might change if that became your daily prayer?
Reflect on these passages:
Hear my voice when I call, Lord;
be merciful to me and answer me.
My heart says of you, “Seek his face!”
Your face, Lord, I will seek. (Psalm 27:7-8 NIV)
As the deer pants for streams of water,
so my soul pants for you, my God.
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
When can I go and meet with God? (Psalm 42:1-2 NIV)
How lovely is your dwelling place,
Lord Almighty!
My soul yearns, even faints,
for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and my flesh cry out
for the living God.
Even the sparrow has found a home,
and the swallow a nest for herself,
where she may have her young—
a place near your altar,
Lord Almighty, my King and my God.
Blessed are those who dwell in your house;
they are ever praising you. (Psalm 84:1-4 NIV)