Wednesday... But we thought they had arrived.

Wednesday... But we thought they had arrived.

We look up to those who have it made, who are rich and think they have arrived. We are so impressed with them.

The Psalmist writes in chapter 49:16-19 (MSG), "So don't be impressed with those who get rich and pile up fame and fortune. They can't take it with them; fame and fortune all get left behind. Just when they think they've arrived and folks praise them because they've made good, they enter the family burial plot where they'll never see sunshine again."

There was a man over in the gospel of John who thought he had arrived. He was to be married and he had everything he needed to made this day a success. All these people had come and he had the best wine that money could buy. He had arrived that is until he ran out of wine. 

The writer of Proverbs 19:2 (MSG) says, "People ruin their lives by their own stupidity, so why does God get the blame." So many in those times when the wine runs out blame God. It's His fault. I did all I can do and He caused the wine to run out. We play the blame game.

But at his wedding he had a guest. And in our lives we too have this guest. 

The story is told in John 2. Verses 1b-2 (MSG) says, "Jesus' mother was there. Jesus and his disciples were guests also." Verse 3, "When they started running low on wine at the wedding banquet, his mother told him, 'They're just about out of wine.'"

I love verse 4, "Jesus said, 'Is that any of our business, Mother - yours or mine? This isn't my time. Don't push me.'" I'm sure He was testing His mom and her faith. 

We put our trust in our own abilities, in our successes, in our wealth. But His mother put her trust in Him. Verse 5 says, "She went ahead anyway, telling the servants, 'Whatever he tells you, do it.'" And that is the key to a real successful life. "Whatever he tells you, do it." He will not force His way into our life but He will make all the difference in our life if we turn to Him and do what He says.

And He had them fill six stoneware thirty gallon water pots with water and then take them to the host. Verse 8b said, "Jesus said, and they did." Verses 9-10, "When the host tasted the water that had become wine (he didn't know what had just happened but the servants, of course knew), he called out the bridegroom, 'Everybody I know begins with their finest wines and after the guests have had their fill brings in the cheap stuff. But you've saved the best till now!'"

Oh, if we would learn where to put our trust. Proverbs 19:21-23 (MSG) says, "We humans keep brainstorming options and plans, but God's purpose prevails. It's only human to want to make a buck, but it is better to be poor than a liar. Fear-of-God is life itself, a full life, and serene - no nasty surprises."

Now that is when we really arrive. When we put our trust in Him and do what he says. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning