He Who Lives in Inapproachable Light!

If we ask to see God’s face, we need to know what this means. God’s revelation is no small thing. The Almighty does not disclose His glory lightly. If we are going to pray for revolution, we need to be ready for utter and even painful transformation. Moses is one such man who asked to see God’s glory, and God revealed Himself in an incredible act of grace, but He also warned, “But…you cannot see my face, for one may see me and live.” (Exodus 33:20).

We cannot come face to face with the Creator Redeemer and remain unchanged. We cannot encounter the glory of the Risen Lord and continue to live in our sin. Habakkuk 1:13 says, “Your eyes are too pure to look on evil.” The Holy of Holies cannot entertain sin in His presence: the encounter will either break us, or change us. We must either be destroyed or transformed.

Do you want to see His face? Are you willing to submit your sin and mess to the One who lives in inapproachable light? Are you ready to fall under the severe exposure of His loving eyes? Sometimes we pray for intimacy, we say we want to know only Christ, but we want the relationship without the conviction. We want the sweet assurance of being near the Savior without the deep wound of knowing and sacrificing our sin.

But the painful exposure is also the purifying process. When we are exposed to God’s likeness, we begin to be transformed into His likeness. In such intimacy with the Eternal Light, it is impossible not to be illuminated, and impossible not to reflect His brilliance. When we step into the light, we begin to also reflect it. As God said, “No one may see me and live”—our sinful self will no longer live! Shane and Shane has a song, "May the Vision of you be the death of me!" Amen. And being dead to sin we will live to Him. 2 Corinthians 3:18, “And we, who with unveiled faces, all reflect the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into His likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.”