Prayers That Activate Blessings

you ask for because He is good and because He knows how to give good gifts to His children. What you ask Him for is only the start of what He wants to do in your life.

MOSES—PLEASE, SHOW ME YOUR GLORY

Moses longed for the glory of the Lord. He longed to dwell in the shadow of the Almighty. He sought hard after God, and God knew him intimately: "...for you have found grace in My sight, and I know you by name" (Exod. 33:17). So when the time came for Moses to make his request to see the glory of God, he didn't have to make a case for how close he and God were. God knew him by name. Does God know you by name? In Exodus 33:17-23 we witness the exchange between Moses and God. The Lord granted Moses's request because Moses had found favor in His sight, and He caused His goodness to pass before Moses. Goodness is the word tuwb , meaning goods, good things, goodness, property, fairness, beauty, joy, and prosperity. The Lord is abundant in goodness and is anxious to give good gifts to His children. God has laid up His goodness (blessings) for us. If we know Him and He knows us, all we have to do is ask Him for it. His blessings are for His children. Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men! —Psalm 31:19, KJV