Water into Wine

Have you ever had an event you weren’t quite ready for?

Invite Jesus into ever area of our life

John 2:2 “And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.”

At some point Jesus was called to this wedding. Somebody had the forethought to invite this relatively unknown person to this wedding. Imagine if someone had not invited Jesus. We could have missed out on this iconic miracle.

Jesus wants to be apart of every area of our life. Weather it be on our knees in prayer, or celebrating a wedding with friends.

Jesus never forces His way in, He stands at the door, knocking.

Luke 24:27–29 KJV 1900

And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself. And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as though he would have gone further. But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them.

Jesus would have kept walking if they had not constrained (urge strongly) him.

Jesus wants to do great things on our behalf, regardless of who we are

John 2:3–4 “And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine. Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.”

Jesus removes the relational term for his mother when she asks him to do something for her. Why would Jesus remove the relational term for His mother in this passage? To demonstrate to us that it matters not if we’re the mother of Jesus or a lowly beggar on the street, God wants to do miracles in our lives.

2 Chronicles 16:9 “For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth [he sees everything], to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose [what? strong, smart, weak, uneducated, hard-working] heart [heart - mind, will, inner man] is perfect toward him. . .

God judges us on the contents of our heart [mind, will, inner man].

Faith doesn’t have to see to believe

John 2:5 “His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.”

Mary’s response is one of perfect faith. Did she get a response to her plea? no. Did she know the timing of God’s plan? no. But she still told the servants, regardless of what Jesus chooses, we need to obey Him.

Lamentations 3:25–26 “The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.”

Sometimes it takes more faith to do nothing than to do something. Sometimes the way we exercise our faith is by waiting.

Waiting is hard. We live in a world that is go, go, go. So to stop and wait is something that is not natural.

Psalm 37:7 “Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: Fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, Because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.”

Waiting doesn’t mean doing nothing. It involves the idea of resting and being ok with not moving forward.

Romans 1:17 “For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.”

Do we have a lifestyle of faith?

When we choose to see what God is doing, our faith increases

Faith is a choice. If you look around, you’ll see the miracles God is doing in your life even today.

We are wired to see the negative easier than we see the positive.

If I asked you what problems you’re worried about today, there’s 20 things that are popping into your mind right now. But if I ask you, what’s going well for you right now, we would probably have alot of blank stares.

WE have to consciously choose to see God working in our life.

In choosing to see His work, your faith will increase

Psalm 27:13 “I had fainted, unless I had believed To see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.”