Molano and Scarpeta Join Voices in Worship Medley
The medley brings together three worship hymns and was recorded live, according to Altar7.
Ericson Alexander Molano and David Scarpeta collaborate on "Yo Quiero Ver Tu Gloria (Medley)," a live-recorded worship medley that brings together three hymns, according to Altar7.
Those hymns probably sound familiar: you sang them at a youth service or in your family's car. Now they're back with two well-known voices and a live arrangement. The real question isn't how many streams they get, but what doctrine they carry inside.
Three hymns that crossed generations
Worship hymns have an advantage that trends don't: a simple melody and lyrics centered on who God is. They're sung the same in San Juan and Orlando, with no translation or prior explanation. Altar7 reported that the medley revives three hymns and seeks to convey restoration and God's presence.
«First the presence that walks with you, then the glory he chooses to show.»
Molano and Scarpeta aren't new names for anyone who grew up in the Latino evangelical church. Their repertoire accompanied an entire generation. The fact that a live format now brings them together also has to do with passing the baton to those coming behind, in a culture that recycles everything every six months.
What Moses asked before seeing the glory
Exodus 33 lays out the desire for restoration. The people had just failed with the golden calf, and God told Moses he would send his angel, but that he would not go up among the people (see Exodus 33:1-3).
Then Moses prayed in verses 12 and 13 asking that God himself would go with them. The answer came like this: "My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest" (Exodus 33:14, ESV). There is the restoration the people needed.
Only afterward does Moses dare to ask for something greater: to see God's glory (see Exodus 33:18). The answer to that request is in verses 19 to 23. God tells him: "I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name 'The LORD'" (Exodus 33:19, ESV).
God also warns him that no one can see his face and live. Moses doesn't receive a spectacle: he receives the revelation of who God is. That order sustains faith: first the presence that walks with you, then the glory he chooses to show.
Worship with the Bible open
A medley sung live can move you, and there's nothing wrong with that. The risk comes when we confuse emotion with obedience. The worship that sustains a hard week doesn't depend on the service atmosphere, but on the biblical text that feeds it.
When you sing "I want to see your glory," you do it like Moses: with the Bible open and asking for something only God decides to give. A good question for the lyrics is what they say about God that you can hold onto tomorrow. Read all of Exodus 33, slowly, on your phone.
The presence Moses asked for marked the difference between going alone or going with God. This week choose a concrete step: obey in that thing you've postponed and sing with the Bible in hand. What hymn is teaching you something today that you still don't practice?
