Good Morning Friends,
“On the third day a wedding took place at
Cana in Galilee. Jesus' mother was there, and Jesus and his disciples had also
been invited to the wedding. When the wine was gone, Jesus' mother said to him,
‘They have no more wine.’ ‘Dear woman, why do you involve me?’ Jesus replied. ‘My
time has not yet come.’ His mother said to the servants, ‘Do whatever he tells
you.’” (John 2:1-5)
The wedding in Cana provided the forum for
the first miracle Jesus performed. I don’t know whether it was through poor
planning, guests who drank too much, or uninvited guests showing up, but they
ran out of wine at the wedding. Although Jesus had not yet performed a miracle,
Jesus’ mother somehow knew He could help and she came to Him with her request.
Notice that Jesus was not willing to turn
over the direction of His ministry to someone else, not even His mother. He
kept control, telling her, “My time has not yet come.” It’s very easy to allow
other people to set the priorities for your own life, especially your service
to the Lord. Other people can always find many things for us to do for the Lord
and His kingdom. The responsibility to determine how the Lord wants us to serve
Him does not rest with other people, it rests with us. Like Jesus, we need to
keep control of our own service, listening to the voice of the Lord, not the
voice of others, even those close to us.
And notice the final words of Mary in this
passage: “Do whatever he tells you.” Those are the most important words Mary
ever spoke. She knew that Jesus took precedence over her. It wasn’t her will or
her directions that people should follow, but the will and directions of her
Son. She gave good advice for all of us to follow: “Do whatever He tells you.”
His, by Grace,
Steve
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