Show Us Christ

"Show Us Christ" was written by Doug Plank and Bob Kauflin, both associated with Sovereign Grace Churches, as a prayer for Christ-centered preaching and worship. Kauflin, who serves as the Director of Worship for Sovereign Grace, has been one of the most influential voices advocating for theologically substantive, Christ-exalting worship music in the Reformed world. The hymn is essentially a prayer for the sermon — asking God to reveal Christ through the preaching of His Word, to open blind eyes, and to transform hearers by the power of the gospel. Its placement in a worship service is typically before the sermon, functioning as a corporate prayer that acknowledges the congregation's dependence on the Holy Spirit to illuminate Scripture. The song reflects the Reformation principle that the preached Word is one of the primary means of grace through which God works in His people. Each verse builds on the longing to see Jesus more clearly — not as an abstract theological concept but as the living, reigning, all-sufficient Saviour. It has become a beloved pre-sermon hymn in Reformed Baptist and Presbyterian churches worldwide.