GOD WILL BE GLORIFIED

John 12:28 Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.

Jesus closed a short prayer with this request and the prayer is answered immediately. The reaction of those who were present was typical. Some said, It thundered. Others said an angel spoke to him. How little man understands of the Glory of God! All too often we expect God to be glorified only in ways which will elevate man to a lofty position. God said on this occasion that he had both glorified his name and would glorify it again. The question might well be asked, How had He glorified His name in the past? It is as natural for God to be
glorified as it is for natural man to be prone to sin. The fact is, God WILL BE GLORIFIED whether man likes it or not. Note that the request of Christ on this occasion was NOT that man might glorify His name but that the Father, himself would glorify it .The answer was, I
have and I will.

As we think back to the record of man's earliest days, we see man walking in the Garden and we see God Glorified as He fellowships and communes with the creature He created in His own image. At this time man walked in uprightness and communed with his creator of his own free will. Then a dark cloud comes over the scene as man uses that divine gift of a free will to disobey his God. In doing so he broke that communion. The question now is; Will man, who was created for the glory of God, now rob God of that glory by willful disobedience?

The sad truth is that man, in his sinful condition has it neither in his mind nor will to glorify his maker. Yet God has said, "I have glorified my name." As long as Adam walked uprightly he walked in fellowship with God an