Friday, November 28 Our Father in the heavens, let your name be sanctified.​—Matt. 6:9.

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Friday, November 28

Our Father in the heavens, let your name be sanctified.—Matt. 6:9.

 

To sanctify his Father’s name, Jesus endured every torment, insult, and slander heaped on him. He knew that he had obeyed his Father in all things; he had nothing to be ashamed of. (Heb. 12:2) He also knew that Satan was directly attacking him in those dark hours. (Luke 22:2-4;23:33, 34) Satan surely hoped to break Jesus’ integrity; yet, Satan failed miserably! Jesus proved conclusively that Satan is a vicious liar and that Jehovah does have loyal servants, who keep their integrity even under the most severe tests! Do you want to please your reigning King? Keep praising Jehovah’s name, helping others to know our God as he truly is. When you do, you are following in Jesus’ steps. (1 Pet. 2:21) Like Jesus, you are making Jehovah rejoice and are proving His adversary, Satan, to be a debased liar! w24.02 11-12 ¶11-13

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Notice how the text pivots from Jesus’ suffering to our own responsibility. That shift is doing quiet work. It reminds us that sanctifying Jehovah’s name is not an abstract ideal — it is a path cut by obedience under pressure.
 

When Jesus “endured every torment, insult, and slander,” he wasn’t simply absorbing pain. He was exposing Satan’s strategy. The adversary always pushes at the same point: integrity. He cannot unmake truth, so he tries to bend the person carrying it. That is why the account anchors our attention on the motive behind Jesus’ endurance — loyalty to his Father, not pride, not stubbornness.
 

And notice the contrast: Satan hoped to fracture integrity; Jehovah hoped to display it. Those two aims meet at the same moment. The trial becomes the stage. Jesus makes Jehovah rejoice not after he survives, but right in the middle of the pressure, when obedience still costs something.
 

What do we learn? Praising Jehovah’s name is not mainly about vocabulary. It is about representing him accurately when it is hardest to do so — when fear whispers, when misunderstanding grows thick, when obedience feels costly. That is where his adversary is proven small and dishonest. And that is where a servant—any servant—can walk in Jesus’ steps.