Have you ever heard the songs, read the devotionals, or listened to the sermons that passionately proclaim with desperation, "Oh Lord, if we could only see a glimpse of your face or a snippet of your glory, we will be satisfied!"? Have you vehemently declared such things yourself? I know I have... but all that speech changed one day when I recognized that a "glimpse" was just not enough.

I mean... would you want the God of the universe to break through the clouds, enter your sphere in plain sight, and you just get a glimpse of Him? I sure wouldn't! Do we sing and pray such things because we believe God to be so stand-offish and impersonal that He would rather be left alone? Do we think He just likes to hear us beg and watch us grovel in the dirt of mystery concerning the One who resides in the heavens arrayed in light? Maybe we believe God likes to be hidden, but that couldn't be farther from the truth.

I have news for you: Just the fact that you love God enough to cry out for Him ma...