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this hour? For this cause I came to this hour. Father, glorify
Thy name.”

Every hour in the life of Jesus He said, “Glorify Thy
name.” I choose verses every chance I get. I have a year verse
and I have a life verse and I have a birthday verse; every chance
I get I get a verse. This is my life verse. Something comes into
my life, a north wind or a south wind, what shall I say, “Deliver
me from this hour? For this cause I came to this hour. Father,
glorify Thy name.”

So, the north wind blows and there is a loss. “For this
cause I came to this hour. Father, glorify Thy name.” A
disappointment comes in or a sickness comes in or a grief
comes in or a time of suffering comes in; “What should I say,
‘Deliver me?’ For this cause I came to this hour. Glorify Thy
name.” Sometimes it’s prosperity that blows in; wonderful
health, good times, opportunities, open doors, provision. “What
shall I say, ‘Deliver me from this hour?’ For this cause I came
to this hour. Father, glorify Thy name.” That is the goal of
childlikeness. Everything is moving toward, “Glorify thy
name.”
We are the Lord’s garden and we invite any wind that
will make Him happy. That’s fine. Redemptive living is not
me living for Jesus. When He lived on earth in His incarnate
body He went to the cross. He went to the cross to reach the
world. It’s the same Jesus and He now lives in my heart. If He
went to the cross in His first body, where is He going in His
new body? He’s going to the cross. He lives in me; it’s not
about me. It’s not about you. It’s about redemption.
Everything that comes into your life, you just please Him and
He reaches the world. You are not out to reach the world. You
live to please the Lord. When you please the Lord He will reach
the world.

That’s why my life is so exciting now. It wasn’t always
this way. When I was young I prayed, “Deliver me.” As He
opened my eyes more I say, “Keep me.” But now I don’t care
if He delivers or keeps. Now I say, “Father, glorify Thy name.”
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