April 06, 2018 – John 2
Jesus' mother said to
the servants, "Do whatever Jesus tells you." John 2:5
We see the miracles
when we fully obey Jesus' commands.
The first miracle recorded about Jesus took place at a
wedding party. I’m so glad John recorded
it. Here’s Jesus, just one of the crowd,
hanging out with his friends and his family, enjoying life and celebrating the
wedding of someone they knew. Jesus is
not known for healing the sick or preaching the Word or raising the dead. He’s just a fascinating guy.
Midway through the party the host runs out of wine, and mom
cares enough for his reputation to intervene with Jesus. I imagine nobody believed Jesus could do
anything, and hadn’t seen Jesus do anything noteworthy. So when mom tells them to simply obey
whatever Jesus says, they didn’t do it out of honor to Jesus, they did it out
of honor to his mother. Imagine their
surprise when their large jars of water end up being the best wine they have
ever tasted!
If you were one of those servants, you would have witnessed
an incredible miracle simply by obeying whatever Jesus said to do! Would you have obeyed? Would you have doubted? Would you have complained? What would have been your response?
Most of us have the need for a miracle or two in our
lives. Maybe it’s an intervention in a
circumstance, or a repair of a relationship, or a re-supplying of a
resource. Some need God to do a miracle
with a health issue or a job loss.
Whatever the issue, we can either try to do things our own way in our
own power, or we can try obeying the instructions of an all-knowing God. Those servants obeyed, and witnessed a
miracle.
Your miracle may be a single obedience away! Do you trust Jesus enough to simply obey what
He has told you to do? Instead of
seeking the divorce, obey Jesus and forgive.
Instead of hoarding your money in fear, give to His Kingdom. Instead of pushing people to do what you want
using anger, show them the kindness of Jesus.
Instead of offering your time to every activity and distraction,
schedule time to worship & serve Jesus each weekend. Take your water, obey Jesus, and wait for His
miracle.
Obedience allowed those servants to see water turned into
wine. Obedience allowed the disciples to
see 5 loaves feed 5000 men. Obedience
allowed Peter to bring thousands to know Jesus in a single sermon. And obedience is what opened the door to
millions of miracles, big and small, since the beginning of creation. Even Jesus obeyed by going to a cross, and
brought about the single event that resurrected his life as well as the life of
every believer since. Obedience is what
opens us up to the hand of God.
So what are you waiting for? What is the step of obedience
you have delayed doing, that God is ready to use for a miracle. Choose today to obey!
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