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John 12:27&28, “’Now My soul has become troubled; and what
shall I say, ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? But for this purpose I
came to this hour. Father, glorify Thy name.’ There came therefore
a voice out of heaven, ‘I have both glorified it. And will glorify it
again.’” Jesus always talked about the cross as His “hour”. He said
that My hour has not yet come. He always thought about the hour.
But in this prayer He said, “My soul is troubled. What shall I say?
Deliver Me from 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