Momma Said...

 Happy Sunday!

Happy Mother's Day!

"His mother said to the servants, Whatever He says to you, do it."(John 2:5 Amplified).

Without a doubt mothers are some of the best cheerleaders, promoters, and handlers.  Mother's are looking out for you when you haven't got a clue.  Mother's are thinking ahead, and strategically planning their children's lives if allowed to.  Jesus' mother, brought him a problem.  We've talked about this before.  The bride or the groom may have been related to them, or simply close friends. But as mothers often do, she took the lead and went to her eldest son for a solution.  "Is that your concern, or mine?” replied Jesus. “My time has not come yet.”(John 2:4 Phillips).  She totally ignored his push-back and told the servants, “Do whatever he tells you to.”(John 2:5 Living Bible).

The servants obeyed, and Jesus turned 6 water pots full of water into the finest wine the master of the feast had ever tasted.  The Dake Annotated Reference Bible says these water pots held about 9 gallons each.  There are 5 bottles in a gallon of wine.  So 45 bottles worth in 6 water pots would be 270 bottles of wine.  A bottle of 1945 Romanee-Conti sold for a record $558,00.00 in 2018.  It was thought that it would sell for just $32,000.00.  $32,000.00 times 270 equals $8,640,000.00.  Excuse me for rambling, and forgive me if my math is off.  This was a miracle, an extravagant miracle, done by our extravagant God. 

2 Peter 1:3-4 says, "Everything that goes into a life of pleasing God has been miraculously given to us by getting to know, personally and intimately, the One who invited us to God. The best invitation we ever received! We were also given absolutely TERRIFIC promises to pass on to you—your tickets to participation in the life of God after you turned your back on a world corrupted by lust."(Message).    Ephesians 3:20 says, "Now to Him Who, by (in consequence of) the [action of His] power that is at work within us, is able to [carry out His purpose and] do SUPERABUNDANTLY, far over and above all that we [dare] ask or think [infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes, or dreams]"(Amplified).  Don't miss this!  Jesus came to give us LIFE, and that life more Abundantly(John 10:10).  Our God is El Shaddai not El Cheapo!  He's concerned about everything that concerns you.  More than the best mother that ever lived, He has you on his mind.  He's already planned a good life for you, and He paid the price.  All we have to do is receive it by Faith.

Love and prayers, Cynthia