MESSAGE: I'LL GET THE WATER - YOU GET THE WINE

Ps. Aaron Creasey

PASSAGE: John 2:1-12 ESV

John 2:1–12 (ESV)

1 On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.

2 Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples.

3 When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.”

4 And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet come.”

5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”

6 Now there were six stone water jars there for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons.

7 Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” And they filled them up to the brim.

8 And he said to them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast.” So they took it.

9 When the master of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom

10 and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine. But you have kept the good wine until now.”

11 This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory. And his disciples believed in him.

12 After this he went down to Capernaum, with his mother and his brothers and his disciples, and they stayed there for a few days.

TITLE: I’LL GET THE WATER - YOU GET THE WINE

PRAY

STORY

HUNGRY CATERPILLAR STORY

Brought this book

Thought we could have story time

Story of caterpillar that turns into a butterfly

Imagine my daughter being totally wrecked by the ending

Did not see that coming

That is so often how things work with God

You may not see immediate results

Our God is not an immediate God. Our God is an eternal God.

EXAMPLE

Bamboo Trees Dormant for 3 years, then is 60 days, it grows to its full height

Years of feeding a personal devotion.

but when you keep eating, when you keep going, eventually there will be transformation.

Galatians 6:9 ESV

9 And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.

We all have the desire to be something GREAT

Bet we don’t go through the process of change, we don’t see immediate results.

Our God is not an immediate God he is and ETERNAL God...

He is not worried about the temporal, he is focused on eternity

Its about time we do too.

It can be so easy to focus on the moment now, needs now, which are important because it effects our future.

But how do we deal with our here and now and see transformation for our future?

HOW WE TREAT TODAY, IMPACTS TOMORROW.

WHAT CAN I DO TODADY TO SEE TRANSFORMATION IN THE WORLD?

WHAT CAN I DO TODAY TO SEE TRANSFORMATION IN THE CHURCH?

WHAT CAN I DO TODAY TO SEE TRANSFORMATION IN OUR LIVES?

OBSERVATION - 3 POINTS

POINT ONE: GRAB YOUR TOWEL

I LOVE THAT JESUS USED SERVANTS TO DO THIS MIRACLE

Jesus INCLUDED THEM

John 2:5 ESV

5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”

The servants were ultimately used in this massive miracle

Which made them apart of the HUGE impact on the people that were around them, in the city that they were in.

JESUS called them to be apart of the IMPACT on the world around them.

MAKE IT PERSONAL

We are all called to make an impact on the World.

We are all called to be transformed

To transform the world around us.

THE WORLD NEEDS FIXING

YOU WERE NOT MADE TO FIX IT

YOU WERE MADE TO SERVE IT

THERE IS A DIFFERENCE IN FIXING AND SERVING

Fixing Vs. Serving

So often I find myself running around with a wrench, trying to fix the problems rather than serve the fixer.

Notice this in relationships

THE SERVANTS COULD NOT MAKE WINE

I CANT MAKE WINE

I CANT FIX IT

If I was I would

Fill it with grapes, maybe some vinegar, some sugar, squash em a bit.

THE DIFFERENCE IN

FIXING

I am going to make the wine?

(I AM GOING TO BRING ABOUT THE CHANGE IN MY LIFE)

SERVING

How are you going to make the wine?

WHAT CAN I DO?

Do we ask this question?

Matthew 6:8 ESV

8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

I FIND SO OFTEN WE ARE SO BUSY TRYING TO FIX THAT WE FORGET TO ASK!?

We need to stop fixing the church and start serving Jesus.

The world doesn’t need us to FIX IT, it needs us to serve IT

Sometimes in the FIXING we have a good heart! We see that maybe there is this thing lacking, there is this area of Church that needs this thing so I am going to do it. WHICH IS GREAT…

BUT

WE CAN NOT FIX THE WORLD

JESUS CAN

(SAY, I AM NOT A FIXER - I AM A SERVANT)

BEST PART: WITH JESUS

You will see the fix (transformation)

You will be apart of the fix (transformation)

But you were never the one doing fixing.

LIKE BEING A SKA BAND DANCER

THE SERVANTS

They filled the water

They took the water

They presented the water

But they did not change the water

PRACTICAL

HOW DO I SERVE?

Servants

Ask - What can I do?

Listen - SILENT SOLOTUDE - PLEASE DO THIS

Do - Faith with Works.

I ASK

YOU SAID

WE DO

THIS IS HAVING FAITH TAKE FULL EFFECT.

BEST WAY TO SERVE THE CHURCH.

BEST WAY TO SERVE OUR LEADERS

BEST WAY TO SERVE JESUS

“I JUST WANT TO BE A PART WHAT CAN I DO”

ITS NOT ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE DOING, ITS ABOUT WHO YOU ARE SERVING.

POINT TWO: FILL IT ON UP

We have the choice of what we get to be filled with.

Examples in Acts:

Holy Spirit

The Devil -( Ananias )

Jealousy

Joy

Fear

Wonder

Confusion

Peace

We have the choice of what we get to be filled with.

Matthew 23:28 ESV

28 So you also outwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

You can look one way and be filled with something entirely

YOU HAVE A CHOICE WITH WHAT YOU ARE FILLED WITH.

Servants told to fill with water, they didn’t have to.

What are you consciously choosing to be filled with?

CHOOSE TO BE FILLED WITH THINGS OF GOD

WORSHIP

WORD

COMMUNITY

FILLING UP IS SIMPLE

LIKE THEY JUST FILLED UP POTS WITH WATER

Filling up Might seem trivial

Its always been simple, and it always will be.

Fill up and let God do the miracle.

ONE THING I LOVE ABOUT THESE SERVANTS

NEVER ASKED FOR CLAIRIFICATION

NEVER ONCE ASK FOR CLAIRIFICATION but instead we see Cooperation

I CAN Guarantee THAT THEY DID NOT AGREE!

But they did it anyway...

PROBLEM IN OUR SOCIETY

We have a problem with our society of challenging opposing beliefs

YOU CAN NOT CHALLENGE GOD

He will win every-time, but for some reason we still do it.

I STILL ASK, IS THAT WHAT GOD ACTUALLY MEANS? MAYBE ITS DIFFERENT FOR ME?

HERE IS THE TRUTH

HIS WAY IS GREATER THAN OUR BELEIF

Things that are in the word or asked that I may not believe, but I believe more than anything that HIS WAY is better than MY WAY

SO YOU MIGHT BE ASKING

Are you asking me to just blindly follow?

YES! WHEN IT COMES TO JESUS, YES!

This is why it is the narrow road (verse)

Matthew 7:14 ESV

14 For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.

This is why few will enter the gate

WE need to be more open to follow even in the unbelief.

STATEMENT

THOMAS GOING WITH JESUS TO LAZ

John 11:16 ESV

16 So Thomas, called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with him.”

BIG QUESTIONS

How do you handle things you don’t agree?

When you are asked to do something that you might not 100% understand?

With biblical leadership?

With Jesus?

DO YOU ACTUALLY BELIEVE THAT GODS WAY IS BETTER THAN YOUR WAY?

Get in the word?

He is not asking the world of them…

He is asking them to fill their Jars

He is asking us, to fill our lives.

How do we fill up?

Be in the word

It might seem a bit trivial at times…

BUT WE NEED TO GET THE WORD IN

Be in church

Be in community

Be in prayer

IN SHORT CULTIVATE THE THINGS OF GOD IN YOUR LIFE

ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO DO THE SAME

Colossians 1:24 ESV

24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church,

REVELATION

POINT THREE: DRAW IT ON OUT

John 2:7–8 ESV

7 Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” And they filled them up to the brim. 8 And he said to them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast.” So they took it.

THERE IS A TIME TO FILL IN YOUR LIFE - AND A TIME TO DRAW OUT

IT WAS NOT UNTIL THE DREW THE WATER OUT THAT THEY WITNESSED THE MIRACLE

YOU WERE MADE TO DISPLAY THE GLORY OF GOD

THE WINE WAS NOT FOR THES SERVANTS

ITS NOT FOR THE GUESTS

IT WAS FOR THE GLORY OF JESUS

YOUR LIFE

GODS PROVISION

GODS BLESSING

GODS HELP

GODS TRANSFORMATION

GODS PLAN

GODS PURPOSE

GODS ANOINTING

IS NOT FOR YOU ITS NOT FOR THEM FOR HIM

The point of serving, the point of being filled, the point of drawing out is not for a greater life… It’s for a GOD LIFE

I LIFE THAT TRUELY SAYS, I TRUST YOUR WAY MORE THAN MY WAY.

John 2:11 ESV

This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory. And his disciples believed in him.

ALL BELIEVED

BLESSING AND CHANGE IN OUR LIFE IS NOT FOR YOU

ITS FOR HIM

EVERYTHING GOES BACK TO THE GLORY OF GOD

Selfish filling

We spend so much time filling ourselves, and how many of us are not pouring out.

WE WERE MADE TO DRAW OUT THE WONDER OF GOD - MAY HAVE PUT IN WATER, BUT I PROMISE YOU WILL BE SURPRISED WITH WHAT COMES OUT OF YOU.

IF THE WINE WAS NEVER DRAWN OUT, THERE WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN TRANSFORMATION

WE WERE MADE TO FILL - WE WERE MADE TO SPILL

HOW DO YOU DRAW OUT?

Who are you encouraging right now?

Who was the last person you prayed for? - Really prayed for?

Do you have a revelation of Serving in the church?

It’s not about you its about him.

Cost is everything

Our lives are changed, not in the filling but the outworking.

We want to see change in our lives?

In this world?

Grab your towels

Fill on up

Draw on out

It is in the doing that the miracle takes place.

YOU

Call - Feeling Empty?

Matthew 11:28–30 The Message

28 “Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. 29 Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. 30 Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.”

FRESH FILLING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.