Don’t Take Your Glory Away From Us

“Please, show me Your glory.” — Exodus 33:18

There is something sacred about the cry of Moses in Exodus 33:18. It wasn’t a casual request. It was a desperate plea from a man who had seen the fire, heard the voice, and still longed for more. “Please, show me Your glory,” he said—not Your power, not just Your miracles—but Your glory. And that cry echoes in my own heart today: Don’t take Your glory away from us, Lord.

The glory of God is not a goosebump. It’s not just an emotion or a moment in a service where the music hits just right. The glory is His manifest presence. It’s when He shows up and everything else fades. It’s when the Holy Spirit walks into a room and no one has to say a word because God Himself is moving. It’s when your heart breaks and heals all in the same breath because you know you’re standing on holy ground.

We don’t need more programs, we need more presence. We don’t need to look good, we need to be desperate. Too often, we seek His hand—what He can do for us. We want the healing, the provision, the breakthrough. But Moses didn’t ask for God’s hand… he asked for His face. And when you seek His face, you’ll find His hand is already there. His glory follows those who pursue Him with purity.

I love what Corey Russell said:

“God does not hide from us; He hides for us.”

He’s not playing hard to get—He’s drawing us deeper. He hides Himself not out of cruelty but to stir up hunger in us. He’s looking for those who won’t settle. Those who keep knocking. Those who cry like Moses did: “Please, show me Your glory.” Because God reveals His secrets to His friends, and glory is found in the secret place.

And that’s the key—the secret place. Your secret place should be like Moses’ tent of meeting. You go in to meet with God—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—not just to be filled, but to be sent. You don’t go in just for yourself. You go in so you can come out glowing. So you can come out carrying His presence to a dry and thirsty world. The secret place is not a retreat from the world—it’s preparation to re-enter it, with power and authority.

Moses didn’t stay hidden. He went into the presence and then came out to lead the people. That’s what encountering God should do. You come out carrying more than you went in with. You come out with a commission. And if your time in the presence doesn’t draw people to Jesus, to the Father, to the Holy Spirit—then you didn’t just need more fire, you needed more intimacy.

Jesus didn’t place churches on this earth so they could be dead, dry, and quiet while the world around them is crying out for something real. Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life—and life doesn’t sit still. Life moves. Life breathes. Life multiplies. If Jesus is truly in our midst, then there should be glory in the room. There should be stories that can’t be explained outside of Him.

The Holy Spirit doesn’t come to make us emotional. He comes to glorify Jesus. Jesus walked in perfect unity with the Holy Spirit, even before His public ministry began. At His baptism, the Spirit descended upon Him and remained. And from that moment forward, Jesus flowed through the Spirit, healing the sick, casting out demons, speaking with authority, and walking in power. Acts 10:38 says,

“God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and He went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.”

That same Holy Spirit has been given to us.

Jesus Himself said in John 14:12,

“Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.”

We were never meant to live boring Christian lives. We were never meant to be Sunday-only believers. You were meant to be a carrier of glory. You were meant to walk in power. You were meant to see heaven invade earth—through your hands, your prayers, your words, your life. If the Spirit of Christ lives in you, then the glory should follow you.

So I urge you—if you don’t have stories of glory, or if it’s been a long time since you’ve felt the weight of His presence, since you wept under conviction, since you trembled with wonder, since you knew that He was speaking directly to your spirit—then draw near to Him again. Let your hunger rise. Get back into the secret place. Don’t let your history with God rob you of your hunger for Him now.

Don’t let old encounters become your ceiling. Let them be the floor for where God wants to take you next.

We are not content with empty religion. We are not satisfied with going through the motions. We are not here to play church. We want His glory—not for a performance, but for transformation.

So like Moses, we cry:

Please, Lord, don’t take Your glory from us.

If You don’t go with us, we don’t want to go.

If You’re not in it, we don’t want it.

If it’s just noise without You, then let it be silent.

Let this be the generation that doesn’t just talk about revival—but walks in it. Let us seek His face until the glory comes. And when it does, don’t hoard it—carry it. Bring others in. Point them to the One who made your face shine.

Because when He comes… everything changes.