John 2: 11
This beginning of signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee and manifested His glory; and His disciples believed in Him.
Application: Have you ever had the thought your issues were so small God could not possibly care about them? Or, you may have even asked, does God care about me at all? Well my friend fortunately the answer is a resounding yes; God does care about you!!!! That is why He sent Jesus to show you how much He does care and not only does he care about your soul, he also cares about your “little issues as well.” The story when Jesus turned water into wine is a great example of how much he does care about our “little issues.” Jesus was invited to go to a wedding of a friend of his mother. During the wedding a most disgraceful thing happened. They ran out of wine! Today, that is almost like getting kicked out of a church on the day of your wedding because you wrote a bad check to pay for the space! How embarrassing. Well, Jesus’ momma would have none of that she went right over to Jesus and asked him to help them. What was Jesus response? “Ma’am, what does your concern have to do with Me?” Jesus often did this. He was not being rude to His mom. What he was doing was letting his disciples who were sitting around Him know that this was not His issue but his mom’s. Now his disciples, who had never seen Him perform a miracle, must have been thinking ‘Man, this young couple is going to be so embraced there is no hope for them, what a shame!’ However, Jesus had other plans, once he established this issue was the couples and His mothers, He was able to reveal the heart of God. How did he do that? By giving this poor couple, who could not even afford enough wine for their wedding party, a finical blessing that lifted them from poverty to plenty. LOOK at verse 6 again! It says there were six water pots of stone, according to the manner of purification of the Jews, containing twenty or thirty gallons of water. Think about it twenty or thirty gallons is about the size a baptismal pool. And, there were six of them! So on the last day of a week of celebrating a wedding Jesus turns six baptismals full of water into six giant wine bottles!!!! Did you think they sold any of it? Why did Jesus do it? Because he did care about their issues, and do you know what he cares about yours as well. Jesus’ actions showed the heart of God by blessing in abundance the friend of his mother. My friend, Jesus cares about the mundane needs of everyone’s life, even yours! God cares about the small details in your life; God cares about you!
Three action steps:
Take the time to memorize this verse.
Think of one time when God actually helped you out in a small matter.
Write down when you knew God actually answered one of your prayers.
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His Ruach is here. The best wine is now kept until last.
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