Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus Christ. It is a privilege once again to welcome you to this blog site. Thank you for taking the time to come a share and read these blogs. I am elated to see your comments and see your reposting’s of them. It means so much to know that this servants attempt to add to your day is relevant. Please continue to post comments, reposts on your sites, and let me know that these posts have been a blessing to you. I want to take this time to invite you to be my guest at church this week. We will be meeting for our midweek Prayer and bible study on tomorrow, Wednesday at 7:00 PM and of our Sunday afternoon worship services at 4 PM on Sundays. The address to the church is 154 Lexington Avenue @ 30th Street. We are meeting at the First Moravian Church.
Today, I want to encourage you to go public with your word. Your miracle, is not in private obedience. You need to be willing to take Christ at his word. Let’s look at the text.
John 2:8 he said, “Now dip some out, and take it to the master of ceremonies.” So the servants followed his instructions.
Now we have been following this theme for the entire week. Let me make a few observations. Mary prayed. She spoke to Jesus and said, there is no wine. Jesus said it’s not my problem. Mary turns to the servants and instruct them “whatever he say to do, do it”. OK, we do not know from the text, how long a time there was from verse 4 to verse 7, but Jesus instructs the servants to fill the water pots, used for washing the feet of guest from their long trip, fill them with water. Have you ever felt misunderstood because of what the result of your prayer looks like. You are praying for wine and Jesus is talking about water? Maybe Mary was not clear. Have you ever felt that way? Here is my word to you, trust Christ. He’s not finished yet. So according to our narrative, the servants do exactly has he instructs. Let’s stop for a minute. There is no proof from the text that the servants knew what was going to happen. There is no proof that they have seen this before. In other words, they did not have to understand what God was doing in order to obey him. Can you obey God when you don’t understand God? Can you submit to him, when it seems to be going the wrong way? Why do we so often determine that my compliance to God’s word must only occur when I understand his word, his plan? Obedience is better than sacrifice, beloved.
Here is what happened next. Jesus tells them “now dip some out and take it to the master of ceremonies”. Beloved, there are some people who will only obey God, when they know what’s going to happen. These people in this construct, would have never seen the miracle. There are also, some of us believers that are willing to obey Christ, but only behind closed doors.
God wants you to obey him, even when people can see you obeying him. When did the miracle occur? Between verse 7 and verse 8. Meaning between fill the jars and dip some out. Not when you understood the miracle. The miracle happened whether you understood the miracle or not. All that we need to do is obey instruction. Then we must be willing to, without tasting the miracle, act on the instruction. Some of us would not have given the drink to the Master of Ceremonies without tasting it. God wants our obedience to be unconditional and without a need to understand it first. He also wants you to trust him enough to go public with it. The word of the LORD to you beloved is, Don’t obey only in private, go public with your miracle. Go and take it to the Master of Ceremonies. Obey Christ in all things and see your miracle happen.
Remember, plan to bring someone to church with you this Sunday. Go public with your faith. Ask several people to come to church with you. I believe there is a miracle for you, in your obedience.
Live Life on Purpose and not By Mistake,
Yours Because I am His,
Leo Colon
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