The Lord our God hath shewed us His glory.
Deuteronomy 5:24
"But how shall the glory of God be manifested to such fallen creatures as we are?
Man's eye is not single,
he has ever a side glance towards his own honor,
has too high an estimate of his own powers,
and so is not qualified to behold the glory of the Lord.
It is clear, then, that self must stand out of the way, that there may be room for God to be exalted; and this is the reason why He bringeth His people ofttimes into straits and difficulties, that, being made conscious of their own folly and weakness, they may be fitted to behold the majesty of God when He comes forth to work their deliverance.
He whose life is one even and smooth path,
will see but little of the glory of the Lord,
for he has few occasions of self-emptying,
and hence,
but little fitness for being filled with the revelation of God.
They who navigate little streams and shallow creeks, know but little of the God of tempests; but they who "do business in great waters," these see His "wonders in the deep."
Among the huge Atlantic-waves of bereavement, poverty,
temptation, and reproach, we learn the power of Jehovah, because we feel the littleness of man......Your troubles have enriched you with a wealth of knowledge to be gained by no other means: your trials have been the cleft of the rock in which Jehovah has set you, as He did His servant Moses, that you might behold His glory as it passed by......"
Charles Spurgeon