Verse of the Day 9/8

Verse of the Day 9/8 

 

John 2:4-5 English Standard Version (ESV)  And Jesus said to her, "Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet come." ⁵His mother said to the servants, "Do whatever he tells you."
 

Yesterday we considered what the doorkeeper at the house of God would see.  In today's verses we learn something of Jesus from someone who lived in the same house as Jesus as He was growing up.  Mary instructs the servants to do what Jesus tells them.  They do so, and the water is turned to wine.

 

It is a time of transition.  Jesus is heading out into the world to spread the good news.  He has his disciples in tow.  They've come to follow him, most likely expecting grandiose things.  So where does Jesus first take them?  To a wedding.   It was a part of everyday life.  Jesus reveals his first miracle to them in the course of everyday life.  It should be a message for us.  Let Jesus lead you step by step in your normal everyday life.  Being faithful to him, hanging around with him, you will see great things happen, even miracles if you let him lead the way.

 

Mary undoubtedly had seen Jesus take responsibility in their home.  He had become the "go to person" in solving problems in getting things done.  Now she is passing this on to his followers and even us today, to "do whatever He tells you".  Where do we find what this is?  A good place to start is the book of John.  If you haven't been following the read through the Bible plan (below) now may be a good time.  Today's reading is from John 3, if you want to catch up it won't take you very long.

 

We'll close with a few verses from later in the book of John which speak of abiding, the literal meaning here is to "remain, to stay around".

 

John 15:4,7  English Standard Version (ESV) ⁴ Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. 7  If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

 

Blessings,
Mike
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Through the Bible - Judges 4-6, John 3:1-18

John 2   English Standard Version (ESV)  The Wedding at Cana

 ¹On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. ²Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples. ³When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, "They have no wine." ⁴And Jesus said to her, "Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet come." ⁵His mother said to the servants, "Do whatever he tells you."

⁶Now there were six stone water jars there for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. ⁷Jesus said to the servants, "Fill the jars with water." And they filled them up to the brim. ⁸And he said to them, "Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast." So they took it. ⁹When 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 ¹⁰and 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." ¹¹This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory. And his disciples believed in him.