John 2:6 Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons. 7 Jesus said to the servants, "Fill the jars with water"; so they filled them to the brim.
Now here is the essence of religion. These stone water jars represent religion, the ceremonies and traditions and practices and beliefs and standards and rules, and Jesus says, “Fill those up to the BRIM”. Picture what those stone water jars would have looked like, being used by each and every person who walked into the house as a place to wash your hands. Take the BEST out of every religion, and compare it to the person of Jesus, and it is what it is: a jar full of crusty water. Jesus tells them to fill the jars to the water, all the way to the top, and then Jesus said: 8 Then he told them, "Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet." They did so, 9 and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside 10 and said, "Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now."
We don’t know when this happened, but between filling up the jars with water, and scooping out the water, and carrying the water to the master of the banquet, and him putting the cup to his lips, somewhere Jesus turned that stale water into wine.
The master of the banquet didn’t recognize the miracle, he just liked the taste of the wine!
The bride and groom didn’t notice the miracle, they were too busy enjoying their marriage!
Who recognized the miracle? The SERVANTS. People all around us are into the watered down religions of rules and regulations. Jesus wants to give us the CHOICE wine. Religion offers water, and Jesus offers us wine. I like that one person noticed that Moses turned water into BLOOD, a miracle of VENGEANCE, but Jesus turned water into WINE, a miracle of GENEROSITY. Jesus talked about NEW WINE. He wants to offer that to each and every one of us, to satisfy us with the choice wine, not with the watered down religions that leave us longing for intimacy with God.
Have you tasted the choice wine?
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We toil and slay as if it were for our own glory...but as we dig into the real clay and soil it's there we find the true meaning of life, the purpose of our beating hearts. We find the moisture of our walk, the footprint of our life, the color of the blood of His sacrifice...Then once again we are reminded of our mortal bodies and our worldy flesh that desires for wickedness, evil and calamity BUT we're given grace to wash our hands through the Lamb, the One who was slain for our immortality.
1 Corinthians 15:58
"Therefore dear brothers, stand firm, let nothing move you...always give yourself fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor is not in vain"...
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Hey man...saw you found my blog. Sorry I missed you at the conference. It was totally packed out, so Chuck Smith could have been there and we may have missed him. Thanks for stopping and saying hi. You going to the youth conference at CC St. Pete? I'm taking a small group (hopefully if they sign up).
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