In the Gospel of John, John goes right into the deity of Jesus and doesn't take the route that Matthew, Mark, and Luke take where they trace Jesus heritage back to David. John says that Jesus is more than that. That he is in fact God. That he is the holy one. John proves that Jesus is God in Chapter 1. He is flesh and dwelt among us.
In Chapter 2 of John he takes us to Jesus at a wild party. This party has gone on for several days. This party is so wild that even though the wedding planners had planned for a certain amount of consumption to take place they were running low on wine.
Here Jesus' mother brings him a problem. This problem is certainly not a problem that concerns Jesus. He expresses his frustration. "Woman what am I going to do with you?" Then he exposes the source of his frustration. "Woman my hour has not yet come." He was telling his mother that it was not time for him to do anything yet.
However, he decides that because of his relationship with his mother that he is going to do something that he has not planned to do. This was an unscheduled miracle. Mary came to Jesus like the house was on fire. They were celebrating something wonderful and the problem came that they had run out of wine. Jesus showed his frustration.
Mary doesn't answer his questions. She doesn't even give him another word. She just turns to the servants. "Whatever he tells you to do, do it." What made Mary say that? Jesus didn't even tell her that he was going to do the miracle. Mary had enough faith to believe that if she asked Jesus to do it that he would do it. She knew that he was going to do something. She knew that if God was going to do something in the earthly realm that he was going to do it through you.
You got to get involved in this. You miracle is not going to happen while you sit on your knees and pray. Your miracle is not going to happen just cause you need it. You have got to get involved. Do you have the faith to prepare for what shall be while you are worrying about what is? If you don't have the faith to get ready for step 2 while you are still dealing with step 1 you are going to miss out on what God has in store for you.
Mary also understood that God works in the middle of expectations. If you loose your expectation you loose your potential for a miracle. If the devil took all that you had if you still had expectations you would see a miracle happen.
The devil wants to take your expectation. He wants you to settle for a wedding without wine or a life without joy. The devil is a liar. Never except that. Life has more for you than that. You have got to be a doing people and not a hoping people. You have got to take action. You have to get out of your comfort zone. You have to be willing to look like a fool. You can't just keep praying about it. You have to do something.
Mary said all that and left. If you are worried about something just walk away. It is already done. You don't have to keep telling God the same thing day after day. Once you speak the word walk away. God has it under control.
Jesus spoke to the servants not about wine, but about water. When you ask God for wine sometimes it comes back water. It makes you wonder if God knew what you were praying about. He tells the servants that those pots that have been used for ceremony must now become the place of miracles.
If you come to church each week and go through the same routine you are going to miss your miracle. You need to come to church expecting a transformation for the glory of the Lord.
Jesus sends the servants to fill the ceremonial pots with water. The bible tells us that there are 6 pots filled with at least 20 to 30 gallons of water each. That is potentially 180 gallons of water. That is heavy, cumbersome, that is more than one trip, that is going to the river over and over drawing out water and wishing for wine.
It would have been easy if the water when they drew it out turned to wine. It was still water when they drew it out. It was water when they carried it and put it in the pots. They had to go back and forth time and again handling nothing but water.
Despise not the day of small beginnings. If you can be faithful while you are handling water, there is something in the process that will get you to the wine. You have got to tell the devil that you are going to do what God told you to do so you can see what God says you can see.
Lord, we did what you said but we are no better off than what we where when we started. You have got to have faith to keep walking in the word even when it looks like it is not working. God is up to something. Jesus told them that he was ready to take them into the next demention. He is saying that you are not going to have to do what you use to do anymore. They had passed the test. They had walked with Jesus when it looked like he had no power, looked like he didn't love them, looked like he didn't care, and it looked like he wasn't going to bless them.
They were getting ready for transformation. The transformation is in the dedication. He was using there dedication to provide their transformation. Jesus asked them to draw out some water. It was water when they drew it out. He told them to take it to the head man at the party.
When they poured it out it turned to wine. I don't know when the water changed, but it was sometime in the process of transformation. However, when they poured it out it had changed. God wants change in your life.
When the head man tasted it he went to bride groom. "I don't understand this. Most people serve the good wine first. When the guest are drunk the pull out the cheep wine." You got to get drunk on the word of God.
If we praise him in the middle of our storm he is saving the best for last. Your later will be greater than your formality.
This all takes me back to everything that has went on with little Isaac. His mother Sara has stayed so positive through all of it. She had faith that God was going to give her son the miracle that he needed. Her faith was so strong. She believed that God had a plan and a purpose for what he was doing. She prayed and asked God for the miracle that Isaac needed.
Since Sara got involved in the miracle process she was able to see the miracle for Isaac come to pass. That must have been a great feeling for her. I can't begin to imagine how Sara felt when God finally gave her the miracle that she had been seeking. It must have been an awesome time.
We too need to get involved in the miracle process. If we need a miracle in our own lives we need to get involved. We need to have faith that God will do and has already done whatever it is that we need done. We need to ask God for the miracle and walk away with the faith that God has it covered. He is going to give us the miracle that we are asking for.
Nothing is ever impossible weather great or small for God.
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