Tuesday... But it didn't seem to stop his mother.

John 2:5 (NIRV), "His mother said to the servants, 'Do what he tells you.'"

Tuesday...  But it didn't seem to stop his mother.

Now in the first chapter of John he writes of Jesus beginning his ministry. He first was baptized and then John writes that he started looking for and then calling certain people to follow him, to become his disciples. It seemed that he had a plan. 

He had been growing up in the family of Joseph and Mary and now it was time for him to do what he had been sent by God to do. 

Now John chapter 2 starts out by saying, "On the third day there was a wedding. It took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus mother was there." And in verse 2 it says, "Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding." So on his third day he went with his disciples to a wedding. I wonder if they were friends that he had grown up with and he wanted to be a part of a very important time in their life so he went there with his mother. And then she came to him with a problem.

Now his mother had been a part of his growing up as a baby and now he was a thirty year old man and she knew who he was so she knew he could handle this problem. And in verse 3 it says, "When the wine was gone, Jesus mother said to him, 'They have no more wine.'" So many questions about those thirty years in the home of Joseph and Mary but she knew what he could do so she came to him just like we do with our problems.

But the timing of Jesus plan it seems was different than his mother's. In verse 4 he says, "Dear woman, why are you telling me about this?" Do you ever find that it seems he says that to you when you have a problem? He continues, "The time for me to show who I really am isn't here yet." That taking care of this problem for his mom wasn't it seemed in his plan but that didn't stop her. I think he may have been testing her as he may be testing us.

Verse 5 says, "His mother said to the servants, 'Do what he tells you.'" And through all of the confusion in our problem, we need to do what he says. And he will tell you.

I woke up early this morning thinking about some situations in our life. That is always a great time because there are not a whole lot of interruptions. It's a great time to tell him and yourself the problem and then to stop and tell him that we will do what he says. Now I got up a little before my regular time and got ready for my day and then picked up my NIV Bible and went outside and sat down and looked out at the mountain across the freeway and then asked him to open my eyes to see and my ears to hear and started reading and this was one of the three chapters I read. His mom had a problem and he put her off and she said, "Do what he tells you." She believed he was going to solve the problem. She knew he would.

And he did. And that is what we need to believe. Yes, we have a problem and it can be a test but if we give it to him and do what he says then it will be solved, his way.

If you have a relationship with God then His Spirit is in your life and his Word and his still small voice it telling you what to do. So ask him to open your eyes to see and your ears to hear and then do what he says.

By the way, it was unbelievable how he solved the problem. Yes, it took a whole lot of obeying even when it didn't seem to make sense. And he did it for his mom because she knew what he can do. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning