Just a Glimpse

Today, I just experienced the grace of God. Well, I probably always experience it but never acknowledge it. And now, right at this moment I’m typing this, I just wanna shout! It feels something like an explosion, revolution—anything similar—is within me: ALL FOR GOD’S GLORY!

It’s still dark. I’m in a small room, door closed. I woke up. It’s nearly four thirty in the morning as I checked my phone. Very normal, very usual—I thank God for having breath, I just utter praises to my Heavenly Father. But what’s unexpected is a glimpse of Him. Deep in my heart, I want to see a glimpse of Him, a glimpse of His glory. I don’t know! Maybe it’s the book I’m reading for the past days that influences me in this longing or maybe—well I hope—it’s God, dealing with me.

Like Isaiah, the prophet of God in the Old Testament times, I feel unworthy before God. I had a thought of something close to this:

“Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.”

(Isaiah6:5 NIV)

And yet I sense God’s embrace. It’s still His grace. It doesn't have to do with my approach to Him, or my works for Him. It’s Him, His unending love, His incomparable faithfulness.

As I read words on Psalm 115:1, thinking it over and over and over. His spirit enabled me to realize things. This single verse penetrated into my being and the past me. It says in the The Message version:

             Not for our sake, God, no, not for our sake,

 but for Your name’s sake, show Your glory.

Do it on account of Your merciful love,

    do it on account of Your faithful ways. 

Then I asked myself…evaluate myself. To whom am I depending? To whom, really, am I giving the glory? Whose face is reflected my existence? Where do I find my worth? Where do I look for fulfillment? Then I remembered what Matt Redman says in his book entitled Facedown: God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him. Whoa!  It’s like whoosh of air bumped me. I saw me, outwardly worshiping God but inwardly worshiping myself—receiving the glory that was to be, that must be for God. And He is a just God. Thank Him! He is faithful and gracious too. ALL FOR HIS GLORY!

A glimpse of God and everything will be changed. Just His still small voice in the stillness of my worldly world will be enough. It is. Indeed.

Right at this moment, I pray in my mind that would just help me in this journey of knowing Him more—of having more of Him. Reminded of what Moses has asked, leading the ever-grumbling, discontented Israelites, he didn’t pray that God would punish neither them nor asked God for them to be just obedient. He just prayed for only one thing. And may this be our prayer too.

Then Moses said, “Now, please show me Your glory.”

(Exodus 33:18 NCV; emphasis mine)

And may this article bless everyone who patiently read it.

May it add to  God's glory.

Forever Amen. ^_^