You’re at a wedding with family and
friends. A big wedding.
Alcohol flows fast and free. Too fast.
You and your friends are relaxing around a
table, laughing…until your mom shows up.
Hands on hips, foot tapping. Her gaze slides
across the hands of your friends—each holding a mug. Her eyes settle on you.
Her frown lifts, but doesn’t quite make it to a smile. “They’re out of wine.”
You know her words weren’t given just to provide
information. They were given with expectation. Like when she’d say, “Your
room’s a mess.”
She expected action.
You shake your head and shrug your shoulders,
“What’s that go to do with me?”
She doesn’t respond, but looks away; toward the
waiters, “Whatever he says, do it.”
Her smile grows, as she looks at each of your
friends again; it reaches her eyes when she looks at you. Her lips
silently form the words “thank you.”
Just like that, she turns and walks away,
leaving the care of it squarely in your lap.
How could she do that? What do you say?
What do you do?
I don’t know what I’d do. But I do know, what
Someone did.
He told the waiters to fill six stone pots with
water.
The pots held about twenty to thirty gallons a
piece; that’d be approximately, 150 gallons. That’s, one-hundred-and-fifty-gallons.
(More than enough wine for any Mother’s Day at Olive Garden.)
“Now, serve the master of ceremonies,” Jesus
told them.
The waiters did as they were told.
The master of ceremonies took a sip and stopped.
“What?” He immediately called for the bridegroom.
The waiters, knowing what they’d done, stepped
back into the shadows.
The master of ceremonies stared into his cup and
swirled the liquid round and round until the bridegroom appeared; then, he
shook his head. “Every man at the beginning sets out the good wine, and when
the guests have well drunk, then the inferior.” He lifted his cup,
his voice and a smile as he said, “You have kept the good wine until now!”
Mary let out a small laugh, looked at her Son,
and pondered these things in her heart.
We’d do well to do the same. Ponder these
things.
Notice Mary, who probably knew Jesus as good as,
or better, than any person on the planet at that time; she didn’t tell Him what
to do, or how to do it.
She simply stated the need and believed.
Can we do the same?
Father…
Our health is failing
Finances are falling
Kids are a mess
Marriage is a wreck…
In You, I trust.
Period.
“all
things are possible to him who believes.” Mark 9:23
Do we really believe?
Just saying “I believe” doesn’t
make it so.
Remember Mary’s words: “Whatever He says, do
it.”
The key word is “do.”
It’s easy to speak the problem. But can we
believe enough to act? To listen, expect, obey?
“faith
without works is dead.” James 2:26
When we
pray, we must expect an answer. Prayer isn’t a wishing well. We can't just
throw a prayer like a penny and hope for the best.
It’s
communication. It goes both ways. Pray and listen. It's work…and it works.
Prayer in
the hands of love is the most powerful force on earth.
More
powerful than guns, tanks and missiles. Effects change more than media’s tongue
or politician’s pen.
Needed
more in this day and hour than ever before.
The return
on the investment is impressive. Notice
Jesus provided an abundance, (150 gallons) and not just any old wine, but the very
best. He’s the same, yesterday, today
and forever.
Simply
put: trust & obey.
Let’s
pray.
Our Father which art in heaven—and not only there, but here, now,
with us in our lack, our mess, our sickness, our poverty.
Thank You for being our ever-present help in time of need.
Our list of lack is long.
The questions are many.
Lord, we ask for 2020 spiritual vision to see with perfect clarity,
that for every question, Your answer is always,
I AM.
You are The Answer to every problem on the test,
The Master Key, to every closed door.
Help us to simply
see You and follow.
Trust & obey.
“I am the way, the truth, and the life.
No one comes to the Father except through Me.
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness,
and all these things shall be added to you.
3 comments:
Actually, personally, I never have to worry about running out of booze, because I don't really even drink the stuff; but it seemed to be a fitting headline.
Doug, you made me think here about the many times in prayer we can plead with God, but we aren't trusting fully in Him to do something. We need to trust and submit to His will, knowing He has our best interest at heart.
Blessings, and thanks for a great retelling of this familiar story!
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