Hello everyone,
I recently went through The Gospel of John chapter 2, which was the time Jesus turned water into wine. I don’t know if I’ve ever said this before, but Jesus is my role model, I just love how He handled things when He was here on earth, the authority He expressed as He spoke as one who is a million times sure of what He was saying. Well, that’s by the way, my focus is not just on the time Jesus went for the wedding at Cana of Galilee, but on something He did there.
As we know, the first miracle recorded by John which Jesus performed was in the turning of water into wine at the wedding in Cana of Galilee. Yeah, we all know that, but have you cared to look at the process Jesus took in turning the water into wine? If you didn’t notice, Jesus didn’t do anything physical, He just gave instructions. What He said was, “Fill the waterpots with water… Draw some out now, and take it to the master of the feast”. His mother most definitely must have seen the result from the instructions her Son gave in time past, which was why she called Him the moment the wine finish and which was why she told the servants, “Whatever He says to you, do it”.
Where am I going with this? Jesus never performed any miracles alone, in other words, whatever He commanded couldn’t be complete without the receiver corresponding to the words. The only way the water would have turned into wine was just the simple obedience of the servants. The servants didn’t need to have faith in themselves, all they needed was just to obey Him which was faith in Him. The miracle happened through them (the servants)!
Look up the feeding of the 5,000 in any of the four Gospels, take The Gospel of John 6 for example. What Jesus simply did was to bless the bread and fish, but as He gave the bread to the disciples to share with the people, the miracle happened in the hands of the disciples.
With these and many other stories, I came an understanding that obedience is a very vital part of faith and not just believing alone. Both the servants and the disciples just obeyed. The power is in Christ, but it is only us who can activate it. Ephesians 3:20 says, “Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us.” God/Jesus’ has His fullness dwelling in us through the Holy Spirit, but activating it is through the obedience of faith, which is just doing it even if it doesn’t make sense (sounds funny right? But it’s true).
Both the servants and the disciples didn’t logically analyse what Jesus asked them to do. What we fail to understand is that our logical reasoning or analysis can be a hindrance to the manifestation of God’s power through us. This may appear tough but if we really desire results, we just have to trust and obey Jesus wholeheartedly. Remember, He is never wrong, it is not a man you are dealing with, full of flaws. Proverbs 3:5 says, “Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.”
May the LORD bless you and keep you, make His face shine upon you. May the LORD be gracious to you and lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. AMEN.
Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!
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GOD BLESS YOU.
Unless otherwise stated, the following scriptures are gotten from New King James Version (NKJV)
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