"I Want to See Your Glory": Worship or Repetition?
The medley repeats "I want to see your glory"; the question is whether that phrase changes anything on Monday.
In a YouTube video, Ericson Alexander Molano and David Scarpeta present "Yo Quiero Ver Tu Gloria (Medley)", a worship medley that repeats "I want to see your glory" and phrases like "You are my Father in whom I will trust."
What these lyrics do well
The medley opens with identity, not emotion: "I am your child, no longer a slave will I be, I am an heir through Jesus." That's not playlist self-esteem; it's what Romans 8:17 affirms about those who believe: "and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ" (Romans 8:17, ESV).
Two voices share the medley, and that helps: the phrase doesn't sound like a soloist or a spectacle. Then forgiveness, the shared table, and healed wounds appear. The lyrics call God "my friend, my Lord," something Jesus himself said to those who followed him (see John 15:15).
«What changes in your Monday because of what you sing on Sunday?»
There's something I value: the medley doesn't promise results or put conditions on God. "Here I am, willing, come and fill me" is the posture of someone who makes themselves available, not someone who demands. That's healthy: you offer yourself, God responds as He wills. And if one day you feel nothing, the lyrics remain true.
Where repetition makes me think
Repetition isn't the problem. Psalm 136 repeats the same phrase in every verse. Biblical repetition engraves a truth in memory; empty repetition only fills the atmosphere. The difference appears when no one is singing and the phrase has to stand on its own.
When Moses asked to see that glory, he didn't receive a feeling: he received God's character proclaimed (see Exodus 34:6-7). His prayer was recorded like this: "Please show me your glory" (Exodus 33:18, ESV). That's the standard by which I measure any song that uses the word glory. Atmosphere accompanies; it doesn't convince.
I also sing "pour out your anointing," and I don't dismiss it. But I ask myself what we expect when we sing it. If you're looking for a chill, it fades as you leave the parking lot. If you're looking for God as He revealed Himself, something stays with you for Tuesday.
The Monday after the playlist
A simple test: take a line from the medley and look for its support in the Bible. "I am an heir" takes you to Romans 8. "You are my Father in whom I will trust" takes you to the prayer Jesus taught. "Here I am, willing" forces you to examine what you're willing to do this week.
That exercise doesn't cool worship; it gives it content. You don't need to wait for Sunday: you can open the Bible on a Tuesday, with the same medley in the background, and pray the phrase in your own words. Your playlist can be a doorway into Scripture, not a replacement.
Before you sleep, listen to that final stretch again and hold on to just one line. Ask yourself if it describes something God truly promised.
And if you want, tell me here: what changes in your Monday because of what you sing on Sunday?
