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This is going to be a place where I process my Bible reading. |
| Welcome to my Bible reading journey. I find that I process information better when I write/respond to it. This blog is simply a place where I can write down my thoughts about God's word. If you are reading I hope you get something out of it. Feel free to comment your take on the verses. Enjoy! |
| Today's reading comes from John 2:1-12 These verses contain Jesus's first miracle. Jesus was attending a wedding with his mom and some disciples. During the wedding, they run out of wine. Mary is distressed and tells Jesus. He says it is not His time yet, but ends up turning water into wine. Then the person in charge talks about the fact that normally they put out the good stuff first, but they saved the best for the end. The verses go on to say this is the beginning of miracles and that his disciples believed on Him Now I have to admit that I look back on these verses fondly. I can remember my Youth teacher having us reenact this scene. She brought fancy accessories. We even had a old (out of tune) piano downstairs where we met on Wednesday nights. A peer played here comes the bride as we acted it all out. I remember distinctly how we talked about this being the first miracle and that it kind of began Jesus's ministry. Reading this as an adult I have some different take-aways. While Jesus completely performed the miracle there were some other things that had to happen. First of all Mary brought the issue to Jesus's attention. And then told the servants to do whatever Jesus asks. Then the servants brought the jugs and water. Now I firmly believe that Jesus could have been aware of the problem without Mary and that He didn't need the servants to fill up the jugs and bring them. So why did He? As a teacher, I always look for teachable moments. Instances where I can help train others. I see Jesus doing that here as well. Discipleship has been something that I am becoming more aware of and seeing in a different light. Jesus wants a relationship with us. We need to take part in it. We need to take action. Now don't get me wrong, our actions will fall short each and every time, but we still need to put forth the effort. We need to be willing not only to bring problems (even other peoples) to Jesus, but take it a step further and have the faith and confidence to do whatever Jesus tells us to do. And make sure that our actions back up our words. |
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