Concern over wine.

John 2:1 – 24

One thing I am not is a detail person. I am a big picture kind of guy. I like to give and receive vision and let people run with it, taking the initiative for their area of responsibility. I have my eye on the prize always. The strength of that is I can get things moving in the right direction, the weakness is that I can miss the little nuances along the way that are important.

Jesus knew His goal; show the world the Father’s heart, raise a group of disciples to carry His message, give His life for mankind, and then prove that everything He said was true by raising from the dead. Pretty lofty goal! He could have kept His eyes on that goal and ignored His mother’s request for help.

In this culture, it would have been a major embarrassment for the groom to run out of wine. In the light of eternity, the deaf, blind, lepers, the poor, and so many other needs in the world what does filling a few water pots full of wine really mean? Why did Jesus care about the embarrassment of one man, perhaps a relative? What did this mean to God’s long-range plan? Everything!

To think, why would God care, is to somehow assume that His power is limited. To believe that if He were to take care of this task over here that somehow it would infringe upon or limit His ability to do other things. God is far greater than we could ever imagine. His power and ability are unfathomable and unlimited. He cares about the tiny details in our lives and our destiny. He is capable of guiding it all.

Have you limited God recently? Believing that somehow what you need is not really important to God? Perhaps you haven’t but I am sure someone around you has. We have a skewed view of God that limits his power, love and understanding. He has no limits! If we can grasp that concept and really believe it, we can watch our world change around us. We can believe for the impossible and understand a love that we could never have imagined. Today may be the day that you begin to believe that if God could have concern for a little wine He can have concern for everything in my life. Believe Him today!