Show Me Your Gloryਨਮੂਨਾ

The Greatest News You’ve Ever Heard

Our film, SHOW ME YOUR GLORY, gets its title from Exodus 33:18 in the Bible. In this scene, Moses has begun to taste the goodness of God. He has sold everything he owns and bought the proverbial field, but he wants more. He can’t get enough of God. He wants to encounter God’s unfiltered presence. God responds to his request like this: “You cannot see my face, for humans cannot see me and live” (Exodus 33:20). One of the reasons we made this film was because of the huge number of people around the globe who report having encountered God in a way where His presence overwhelmed them.

In fact, this was precisely my experience. Keep in mind, I had zero religious background. I knew next to nothing about God. Yet, in that moment, I immediately understood what the word “holy” meant. When I encountered God, I knew that God is holy, perfect, glorious, pure, all-powerful, all-knowing, brilliant, awesome, mighty, unfathomable. I also realized the obvious: I am not. I somehow knew that we were radically separated because of my lack of holiness. I also knew that He did not want us to be separated. I felt loved by Him. I felt a sincere longing from Him—a longing for us to be reconciled. I sensed that there was nothing I could do to change my condition before Him. I felt doomed, undone, and overwhelmed by His glory. I still get emotional thinking about it, even to this day, 24 years later.

Then, it hit me. It was a revelation. Somehow, God communicated a message to the very center of my being. In that moment, I knew that God had provided a way for this separation to be bridged. God’s love for us is so big that He sent His one and only son, Jesus, to live among us. It was a rescue mission from Heaven. God left His throne and came to walk on the Earth as a human. His mission was incredible: show us the perfect example of a godly life lived well, teach us all we would need to know on this side of eternity, willfully be executed in order to pay for our crimes against God that we could never pay on our own, and then conquer death, Hell and sin by rising from the grave after three days. In that moment, I knew that God was offering me a savior. I knew that He was offering me a chance to join His family. He was inviting me into His infinite love. I could not resist. I COULD NOT RESIST. I did not know how to pray, but I prayed anyway. I prayed:

God I am so sorry. I am so, so very sorry. I have been so evil. I am so unholy. I can’t change what I’ve done. I can’t fix myself. I am unable to do anything other than beg you for mercy. I need you. Will you save me? I accept your offer. I believe the only way for me to be right with you is if I am holy like you. I am only able to do that through what Jesus did for me. Through His sacrifice, I am made clean. Will you make me clean? Will you save me? Will you give me a new life? Will you bring purpose to my life? Can I be with you forever? I want to be with you forever.” Through my tears, I emptied my heart out before Him. As I did this, I sensed that I was now made right with Him. I was no longer separated. I was now His. I never felt more loved in my entire life. I felt clean. I felt whole. I felt peace. I felt new. I’ve never been the same since.

Not everybody has such a radical encounter with God. Yet, I know that one of the reasons He let me experience this was so I could share this experience with you at this very moment. Like you, I have struggled with so many of the world’s pleasures. I have wrestled with so many of life’s most difficult questions—especially about human suffering! I still do not have all the answers, and I have been seeking God for almost 25 years. Yet, one thing I do know: I have never once regretted the decision I made that day. More than ever, I am committed to Him. More than ever, I seek Him. And the more I learn about Him and get to know Him, the more I love Him.

I know that you do not have all the answers either, but do you know enough in this moment to cry out to God to save you?

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