John
2: 1-11
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1And the third day
there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:
2 And both Jesus was
called, and his disciples, to the marriage.
3 And when they
wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine.
4 Jesus saith unto
her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.
5 His mother saith
unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.
6 And there were set
there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews,
containing two or three firkins apiece.
7 Jesus saith unto
them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim.
8 And he saith unto
them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare
it.
9 When the ruler of
the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it
was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast
called the bridegroom,
10 And saith unto him,
Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well
drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.
11 This beginning of
miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and
his disciples believed on him.
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From this story, we see that Jesus, His mother, and His disciples all
attended a wedding that took place in Cana in Galilee. In this
story, the host of the party did the unthinkable--he ran out of wine.
So Mary, the mother of our Lord told Jesus of the predicament expecting Him
to do something about it.
On
the surface, it seems that Jesus was abrupt with His mother. However,
to use the term woman in the first century, was a polite form of
address. Jesus simple wanted His mother to know that it was not their
problem that the wine had ran out.
Jesus filled with compassion, decided
to help the newlyweds out. He had His disciples fill six stone jars
with water and then He miraculously changed the water into wine.
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A.
WHEN WE HAVE A PROBLEM, WE SHOULD GIVE IT TO JESUS, AND TRUST THAT HE
WILL TAKE CARE OF IT.
Mary realized that there was a problem
(the wine was gone). So she gave the problem to Jesus; and then she
trusted Him to take care of it. She walked away from the problem and
stopped worrying about it because she knew that Jesus was in control and that
He could take care of the problem. Our Lord can take care of our
problems if we lay them in His lap.
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In the OT, King Hezekiah had a problem. He was about to die from an
illness. But instead of giving up, (Isa. 38:2) tells us that he “prayed
to God for help.” God solved his problem by adding 15 years to his
life.
In the NT, Peter had a problem. He was arrested and placed in jail for
preaching the gospel. But (Acts 12:5) tells us that the “church was
earnestly praying to God for Him.” God solved Peter’s problem by
sending an angel to rescue him from jail.
No matter what your problem is, God can help you solve it.
When we have a problem, we need to lay it in Jesus' lap and trust that He
will help solve our dilemmas.
B. WHEN
JESUS COMES INTO A LIFE OR SITUATION, NEW POSSIBILITIES ALWAYS EXIST.
1. When
the wine ran out, it seemed like a hopeless situation. Where were they
going to get more wine? They couldn’t just run over to the local
supermarket to buy more wine, for it took days to produce it. It was
obvious that the newlyweds were in a jam and in jeopardy of breaking the
strong unwritten laws of hospitality because they had no more wine to serve
their guests.
2. But
Jesus turned a hopeless situation into hope. He turned the water into
wine.
3. The
point is that our Lord turns hopeless situations into hope.
4. Are
you struggling with problems that seem hopeless and difficult to resolve?
5. Are
you struggling with an illness that is causing you a lot of pain and
discomfort?
6. Are
you struggling with emotional problems that you are having a hard time
overcoming?
7.
If so, I want you to know that whatever situation you may be going through;
there is always hope with Jesus. When Jesus enters into a situation,
new possibilities always exist.
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You are what the Word says you are.
You can do what the Word says you can do.
You can have what the Word says you can have.
Begin to believe that.
Begin to say it out loud in faith
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