It Is Important!!!
John
2:1-11 NIV
Purpose: Understand that for Jesus all our
concerns are important. Never give up
on prayer.
2 On the third
day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee .
Jesus’ mother was there,
2 and Jesus
and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding.
3 When the
wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.”
5 His mother
said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”
6 Nearby stood
six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each
holding from twenty to thirty gallons.[b]
7 Jesus said
to the servants, “Fill the jars with water”; so they
filled them to the brim.
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.”
11 What Jesus
did here in Cana of Galilee was the first of the signs through which he
revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.
Footnotes:
- John 2:4 The Greek for Woman does not denote any disrespect.
- John 2:6 Or from about 75 to about 115 liters
This is the Word of God
For the people of God.
Praise be to God
Amen
It Is Important!!!
John
2:1-11 NIV
Purpose: Understand that for Jesus all our
concerns are important. Never give up
on prayer.
Outline
I. Introduction
II. Tell the
story of Jesus
III. Conclusion[s]
IV. Prayer
It Is Important!!!
John
2:1-11 NIV
Purpose: Understand that for Jesus all our
concerns are important for Him. We are
never insignificant for Him.
It is not surprising that we are
living very busy lives. It seems like our lives are so busy that from the
moment we weak up to the moment we place our head on the pillow is hurry,
hurry, and more hurry. We are so busy to the point that it seems like we don't
care for others and others don't care for us. I don't how many of you know that I go to the gym very early
because if I don't go early then I am so busy through the day than it is very
difficult for me to go to another hour. Well, I try to go around 4 a.m. people
are always very nice and polite, even if we are half asleep, but this past week,
I notice something that made me think. I was coming to the gym at the same time
that other two people. Previously, in December I had being introduced to one of
this persons, actually we have even talked sometimes for a little bit. Ok, this
person nicely said to me, "Good morning, how are you doing?" I was
ready to answered her "Oh, I am doing OK, what about you?" When
suddenly, turned and started talking with another person. My answer was in the
middle of my mind and my heart, when this person, I am sure totally
unconsciously ignored me.
Have you been
in a similar situation? It feels horrible. I felt totally invisible. It was
this feeling of not having a voice to be heart and a presence to be seeing. Or
what about when in a our place of work there is someone who really gets on our
nerves? And we have made even mental excuses that sounds something like,
"I am trying, really trying but for some reason I cannot stand
Charlie." And again, I want to believe that we unconsciously don't pay so
much attention to this person and even sometimes we try to avoid it. It sounds
terrible from a Christian pastor but the reality is that I have being guilty of
doing it. I have not paid attention to this person and I have reduced it to a
nothing because becomes invisible. Or what about when in the wrong moment, in
the wrong place, with the wrong people, and with the wrong words, we have said
something incorrect. In this precise moment one wants to disappear and become
invisible. To become invisible is the same that not having value, to be worthy.
Sadly, our
society reinforces this kind of attitude toward the majority of us. We just
need to reflect of what happened this past week with the lottery. In fact, when
I was in the gas station in order to pay for my gas, the man in front of me
spent, maybe 80.00 dollars in lottery tickets. I am not noisy, but when he was
paying 80.00 dollars for the tickets, he wanted to be sure that the next person
in line knew that he was buying lottery tickets. The great majority of the
people were doing the same, buying lottery tickets. In everywhere it was the
subject of the moment. The jackpot is having 1.6 billion dollars, have you
bought a ticket already?
It seems like
what the people were buying was not a lottery ticket, it was the dream, the illusion
to become someone, someone special. Someone who people will know as the winner
of the historical jack pot of 1.6 billion dollars. Someone worthy of being
present and not invisible. People were paying to buy importance and presence
through the lottery ticket. It seems
like recognition is part of the universal needs that humanity needs to have. Have you noticed that we take for granted people who honestly recognize our value as a Child
of God and as another human being with potential, presence, and dignity? such as
our spouse, our children, our church, our honest friends.
Sadly, it seems like consciously or
unconsciously, we still looking for importance and recognition outside of our
God because He gives us more than enough He is a God of abundance. and our
beloveds. Do we do not get enough importance and recognition from Jesus??? Recognition
is being remembering and importance is being of value. But, we have to be very careful where we try to find recognition
and dignity.
In fact, some
people last week tried to find it in a lottery ticket. Other people have tried
to find it in clothes. Some people spend so much time and money in their
appearance. Other have tried to find in diets. These people live for their
bodies like the stars in Hollywood
Here,
we have Jesus who is in a wedding at Cana with
her mother, Mary, and His disciples. It is important to mention that there was
a big issue for a wedding to run out of wine, because it was safer to drink
wine that the water and the event was an important celebration. Also, the wine
using in those times was not high at all in alcohol.
So, Jesus could say about the wine,
that it was not His problem, and someone could say, "Yes Claudia but He
was the Christ." But He was also a common man with a common free will. He
easily could ignore it because the text is clear and it is telling us that it
was not His time. He could wait. Jesus
chose to give the wedding couple the status of recognition and human dignity
even when they were aware of that!!!
Jesus really cares for us. He has not
changed. He is still the same loving friend who makes us someone important and
present. We don't have to buy the illusion with a lottery ticket of becoming
important through money, or through diets, or through credentials. Here is the real miracle, we are already
important for Him. This is the real miracle, that for Jesus any of us is NOT
invisible or of less important. We, all and each one of us, can come to Him
with our water jars empties and He will fill them to the top, to the brim with
acceptance, dignity, and a real presence.
Let us pray,
Dear and Good Father
Thank You so much because we are
important and worthy for You. There is not a single person who is invisible for
You. Forgive us when we feel invisible or unworthy, help us to acknowledge the
real and important miracle is that all and each one of us is deeply and truly
important for You. In Your name, we pray. Amen.
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