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“Now is My soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save Me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour. Father, glorify Thy name” (John 12:27-28).
It is truly an awesome thought to realize that the Lord Jesus, the Creator and Sustainer of the universe, was so troubled that He prayed to His Father in this way. On the one hand, He shrank back from being made sin, and going into death. Yet He knew that there was no other way that our sins could be washed away. One simple expression stated it — “Father, glorify Thy name.” Whatever glorified the Father’s name was what He would do. Because of this, Jesus went ahead to the cross, and suffered for sin.
This is a good lesson for us too. Sometimes, when we do not know what to do in a particular situation, we should ask ourselves, What will glorify the Lord? Usually the answer is simple, and we can go ahead and do what would bring honor and glory to God.
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