Joh 2:3 And when they
ran out of wine, the mother of Jesus said to Him, "They have no
wine." 4 Jesus said to her, "Woman, what does your concern have to do
with Me? My hour has not yet come." 5 His mother said to the servants,
"Whatever He says to you, do it."
Much to learn here about
prayer. It’s not a big long speech to Jesus about the host or the bride and
groom. It’s not about what Mary would do to fix the situation. It’s just a
short statement restating the concern. “They have no wine.” More often than not
when we pray, we go beyond that and ask God to bless our own solutions. “Here’s
the problem Lord and this is how I would like you to fix it.”
What if we could learn
to simply come to the Lord and restate the concern. He already knows what is
needed in the situation to ultimately bring Him glory. Mt 6:8 says, "For
your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him.”
How about a simple, “Lord
out marriage is in trouble.” Lord, I have cancer,” Lord I am fearful,” Lord I
have no child.” Well, you get the idea. 1Pe 5:7 reminds us: casting all your
care (not your solutions) upon Him, for He cares for you.
In His response, Jesus
reminded Mary that answered prayer is connected to God’s glory, and should be
behind all our prayers. “What does your concern have to do with Me.”
When Jesus responded to
Mary in that fashion she knew Jesus had heard her plea. Note her response. She
turns to the servants and says, “Whatever He says to you, do it.”
Mary understood the role
of obedience in bringing glory to God! The Bible says, “To obey is better than
sacrifice! Sacrifice was a way to honor and glorify God, and obedience is even
better!
Do you need a miracle in
your life? Then start thinking in terms of glorifying God! Whatever He says to
you, do it! Mary simply exercised faith
by stating her concern and believing that Jesus would be glorified in
obedience. She knew that when those servants obeyed Jesus, the situation would
be resolved fully within the will of God, and that’s where we all need to be! Cast
your concerns on Him and God-glory will follow!
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