Show Me Your Glory (Exodus 33:12-34:8) | Laguna Woods Bible Club | Drew O'Connell

Main message: Moses’ request to “see God’s glory” (Exodus 33–34) shows that the chief pursuit of the Christian life should be to know God more deeply, and the primary way God reveals himself and transforms us is through thoughtful, repeated meditation on Scripture.

Key points:

• Moses’ bold desire to know God models the priority Christians should have: prefer God’s presence over earthly blessing and long to know him more.
• God answered Moses not with a full vision but by proclaiming his character (merciful, gracious, slow to anger, steadfast love), showing that God often reveals himself by words/truth.
• Biblical meditation is defined as deliberately thinking about what God has revealed about himself until it moves your heart and changes your life—this is distinct from emptying the mind or mere intellectual study.
• Practical guidance: pick a verse, pray, choose a regular time/place (often mornings), set a timer, speak the truth aloud, ask probing questions, apply and pray about what you’ve thought on, recall it during the day, and revisit the same verse repeatedly.
• Expect difficulties (finding time, lack of felt emotion, wandering thoughts) but persist: meditating on God’s Word nourishes spiritual growth and, by the Spirit, transforms us “from one degree of glory to another.”

Scriptures mentioned: Exodus 33, Exodus 34, Exodus 32, Exodus 24, Exodus 3, Deuteronomy 34, Psalm 27:4, Colossians 1:9-10, Jeremiah 9:23-24, John 17:3, 2 Corinthians 3:18, John 1:14, Joshua 1:8, Psalm 1:1-2, Romans 11:36, James 4, Psalm 130:3-4