Father glorified

John 12:27-28

“Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say?

‘Father, save Me from this hour’?

But for this purpose I came to this hour.

“ Father, glorify Your name.”

Then a voice came from heaven, saying,

“I have both glorified it and will glorify it again.”

This was said by Jesus when He was to be crucified.

Did Jesus shout out to the Heaven and say ‘ SAVE ME FATHER!’ ?

NO.

He knew that it was for this VERY PURPOSE (to save mankind) 

that He came to that point of life.

He knew that what He was going through, the pain, the rejection

was part of God’s plan to bring Glory to His name.

He fully understood that the suffering He was about to experience

was meant for the purpose of Glorifying His Father in heaven!

So Chrsit accepted his situation, he obeyed His Father 

and cried out from the depths of His heart:
‘ Father, Glorify Your name!’

In our lives when we face the raging seas,

we should be reminded of this verse and what Christ did.

Instead of complaing or begging God to save us out from the situation,

Stop for a moment and accept our situation as a chance to glorify

our Father in Heaven!

God never puts us into temptations, 

neither does He ever bring sufferings to mankind.

Very often the inflictions that come upon us are the result of our own sins
and the works of the Devil. 

However most of the time, God doesn’t and wouldn’t 
 just save us right out of our trouble.

 He prefers to walk us through the storm

so that His name shall be glorified after we overcome them

and we shall be refined and purified like Gold!

Isaiah 55:9

"As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.”

We could never fully comprehend the things that happen in our lives,

neither could we see the full picture of God's painting,

maybe just a small part of it.

But let us all soar in our faith and believe that above all things,

our God is in control.

He is the God that will never leave us nor forsake us!

Amen!

---Carissa’s Pendown Thoughts---