Thursday, August 2, 2007

Do whatever He tells you

Dear Friends,

In John 2:1-12, we see Jesus’ first miracle, everyone is well aware of this wonderful miracle in the bible. Though I have meditated this miracle few times, I have been drawn to Mary’s response and servants’ attitude now. Verse 5 says that, His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you”

Before going into detail, lets bring the wedding to our imagination. I felt that Mary, Lord Jesus mother was a close relative to the bride and the groom, may be Mary was asked to take care of catering service for the party. There we see Mary, Lord Jesus and his disciples. When I was reading, I have been inspired by Mary’s command. Mary’s words are important ones for everyone of us. Notice that she did not direct men to obey her or any other human being; instead she pointed them to the Lord Jesus and told them that He was the One who should be obeyed. “ Do whatever he tells you”. Now the question is, are you available for God’s command? Are you there to do whatever God tells you in your life? He wants to meet the needs in every area of our life. There is no prayer that is unimportant to God.

Secondly, see verse 7, Jesus said to the servants, “ Fill the jars with water”, so they filled them to the brim.
If you were a servant and asked to these ridiculous tasks, what would be your reaction? Some time, God is going to ask you to do something that you think is crazy. Our preconception stops God’s blessings. We plan a day or a event with lots of preparation, but God’s ways are always higher than ours. Would you mind to fill the jar with water? Lets imagine our lives now, most of our jars are empty and hoping that God will fill it with wine, no, we need to fill our jars first with available water. God has blessed you and me in many ways but still, we have not taken steps to fill our own life jars with word of God. We need to be like these servants, they willingly obey Christ command, and they were trained to listen God’s command.

Thirdly see verse 8, then he told them, “ Now draw some out and take it to the master of banquet”, they did so. If I was one of the servants, I should have asked Lord Jesus like this, “Don’t you think Lord; we need to taste first before taking to Master of the banquet? To my surprise, the servants obeyed completely without a doubt. Why? Because, they trusted God and they were asked to obey to Him completely. Are you there to do whatever our lord tells you in your life?

Actually, Grooms’ family knew nothing about this miracle. Apparently the only ones who knew were Jesus disciples, Mary and the servants. Why? Lord Jesus took none of the compliments away from the groom. Because Jesus cared much about that family so he would keep His first miracle a secret. Our unchanging Lord Jesus still could work for you and me in the same manners, because He accepts us as we are. Why don’t we put our faith once again to Him? Lets obey willingly so that we could see miracles in our life. Lets do whatever He tells us to do. Amen and Amen.