“And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto Him, they have no wine. Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? Mine hour is not yet come. His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever He saith unto you do it.” John 2:3-5
One of the best examples that I have ever found in the Bible of how our Father is with us concerning asking Him for things, can be found when Jesus began His ministry. Jesus proclaimed that He only spoke what He was commanded of God to speak, John 12:49, so what Jesus said to Mary here in John was of God, and Jesus said that it wasn’t yet His time! So what did Mary do? She went right ahead and persisted in asking Jesus to do something miraculous. And Jesus without rebuking her, began His public ministry. How great is that? Mary asked God what she willed and God did it, even though He had at first said no! For those of us that have kids, we know exactly why God did what He did for her.
I hope you see this Truth that our Father is not inaccessible. God’s provided a way for us to be one with Him, exactly like Jesus is one with Him. Jesus asked God for everything, He spoke only what God had told Him to speak and Jesus gave God the glory and honor for everything that happened. Jesus had a 100% success ratio with God! He did because He was one with God, and because of Jesus, we too can have a 100% success ratio, because through Jesus, we too are now one with God. Our strength does not lie within our own abilities to serve God; our strength lies within Jesus’ ability to serve God by serving us. Jesus ever lives to intercede for us and that is why we are saved to the uttermost! We are not alone, Jesus is our Head, He is the Vine and we are the branches, and He is our Shepherd, leading us in the paths of righteousness for His Name’s sake! We can go to our Father with everything and even if we are messing up, we have Jesus right there interceding for us, so that we will always be saved to the uttermost!
One of the best examples that I have ever found in the Bible of how our Father is with us concerning asking Him for things, can be found when Jesus began His ministry. Jesus proclaimed that He only spoke what He was commanded of God to speak, John 12:49, so what Jesus said to Mary here in John was of God, and Jesus said that it wasn’t yet His time! So what did Mary do? She went right ahead and persisted in asking Jesus to do something miraculous. And Jesus without rebuking her, began His public ministry. How great is that? Mary asked God what she willed and God did it, even though He had at first said no! For those of us that have kids, we know exactly why God did what He did for her.
I hope you see this Truth that our Father is not inaccessible. God’s provided a way for us to be one with Him, exactly like Jesus is one with Him. Jesus asked God for everything, He spoke only what God had told Him to speak and Jesus gave God the glory and honor for everything that happened. Jesus had a 100% success ratio with God! He did because He was one with God, and because of Jesus, we too can have a 100% success ratio, because through Jesus, we too are now one with God. Our strength does not lie within our own abilities to serve God; our strength lies within Jesus’ ability to serve God by serving us. Jesus ever lives to intercede for us and that is why we are saved to the uttermost! We are not alone, Jesus is our Head, He is the Vine and we are the branches, and He is our Shepherd, leading us in the paths of righteousness for His Name’s sake! We can go to our Father with everything and even if we are messing up, we have Jesus right there interceding for us, so that we will always be saved to the uttermost!
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