Thursday... Look at what would happen if. . .

That thought came to me this morning as I was reading from the Gospel of John in the New Testament of the Bible.

Look at John 2. Jesus, His mother, His brothers and His disciples where at a wedding and it seemed that (vs.3 NIRV), 'They have no more wine." Verse 5, "His mother said to the servants, 'Do what he tells you.'''

Look at what happened. Verses 8-10 (NIVR), "Six stone water jars stood nearby. . . Each jar could hold 20 to 30 gallons. Jesus said to the servants, 'Fill the jars with water.' So they filled them to the top. Then he told them, 'Now dip some out. Take it to the person in charge of the dinner.' they did what he said. The person in charge tasted the water that had been turned into wine. . . Then the person in charge called the groom to one side, He said to him, 'Everyone brings out the best wine first. . . But you have saved the best until now.'" That's what happened when the servants did what He told then to do.

I wonder what would happen if we did what Jesus told us to do in John 3:3 (NLT), "I tell you the truth, unless you are born again, you cannot enter the Kingdom of God." I know, I know that seems unreasonable like filling pots with water and it being turned into wine.

Verses 16-18 (NIV) say, "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in Him is not condemned."

Look at what happens if we believe. We are born again like the water was born again and tuned into wine. I wonder what would happen if you were not condemned anymore. That would make all the difference in your life, wouldn't it? It would be like you had been born again.

Maybe it would make all the difference if do what He tells us to do! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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