Water Into Wine | John 2
John 2
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Chapter Notables:
The first miracle of Jesus: turning water into wine - verses 1-12
Jesus makes whips and clears the temple court of money changers and sacrifice sellers - verses 13-17
The Jews ask Jesus for a sign of His authority - verse 18-22
The writer of John declares the breadth of the knowledge of Jesus - verses 23-25
We Are His Waters | Lemuel Ayudtud
Something happens when God takes our lives and changes it from ordinary to extraordinary. That’s the promise of a surrendered life to God: we have the potential to go from water to wine.
Peter was just a mere fisherman when Jesus found him, but when Peter completely gave his life to the Lord, Jesus changed his life forever. Jesus told him you used to fish for fish but now you will fish for men. Jesus took the life of Peter and those that were with him and turned their lowly fishermen’s lives into world changers.
What is the difference between Peter and the disciples and ourselves? Is the power of God to change water into extraordinary wine just relegated to some purifying pots of water in Cana? Is the power of God to make ordinary men into life-changers exclusive to only the 12 that followed Jesus initially? Or is that same power that turned water into wine still making plain people into powerful people? I would like to argue that that same power still is available for us today.
What’s the difference then between us and them? Why are we reading about their lives while we’re just rejoicing about God giving us a sale or a parking spot? I believe it’s a matter of surrender and faith to believe that God can use even simple people like you or me into someone that can change the lives of those around us.
The water in those pots that Jesus blessed had no say in what it was going to become. And the servers that served the water, knowing it was just water but fully submitting to the command of Jesus to serve it as though it was wine, they were first-hand witnesses of the power of Jesus to turn the plain into the powerful.
Who we become in the hands of Jesus is really up to Him. In fact, I believe it’s already resident in us. When we received the baptism of the Holy Spirit, that was the power of God to shift and change the world around us—through us. Maybe our issue is we don’t believe enough to pour it out.
I believe we struggle with the notion that we are just nobodies and now “I will be somebody?” We question our past and wonder how in the world can someone with this past do something so amazing? So we find ourselves not pouring out. Instead of the being like the servants who poured the water not knowing if it will become wine, we are in the rooms never leaving and never pouring out. Our lack of faith hinders us from becoming. Or maybe we’re just resistant to the idea of God making us greater than we are right now.
What we need to consider is this: there is nothing that hinders God from making us greater. This mentality lies against scriptures that calls for us to be. In the Great Commission Jesus declares that we have to go and make disciples of all men. This is not just for “special” people. That directive or call is for everyone. It’s not just for pastors, or talented people, or those we think are already “great”. It’s for all of us “regular” people—the plain water people.
The first miracle recorded of Jesus may have been turning water into wine, but His most marvelous miracle is turning you and me into fishers of men. The great news is that Jesus wants to do it. He wants to do it for you today.
How can we plain water people become wine in the hands of the Lord?
Full submission.
A complete surrender to who He is rather than who we are. We must submit our lives to God completely. In this way we are like the water in the purifying pots in Cana, totally under the command of God.Full acceptance.
Admitting that no matter who we were does not affect who God wants us to become. We have to fully accept and embrace that God has a purpose for us that is beyond our own thoughts of ourselves and He has the power to make it happen.Full commitment.
Pour out ourselves in the lives of people no matter if we think we sound dumb, or ignorant, or maybe even stupid. We’re walking by faith and speaking in the same. We must fully commit to the notion that God will turn our ordinary into extraordinary every time we pour out to others the what He’s poured into us—or what He has done for us.Full partnership.
We must believe that we are part of the plan of God to change the world and partners with Him to do that. We are not consumers of the benefits of God’s blessings, we are partakers AND partners with Him. When Jesus turned the water into wine, He wasn’t the one who served it to the maitre-d or the governor of the feast. The servants poured out the water that He had turned to wine. Much like those servers, we are the servants of God who pour out into the world as partners in God’s miracle of salvation.Full admission.
Confess that God has specialized us not of who we are but of who He is. Everyday you and I must speak out loud our wine “status”. We must fully admit that in the wisdom of God, we are the waters that He has already tuned to wine. We should declare daily: I’m no longer plain, I am powerful in Christ Jesus.
We don’t have to have a fancy position or a fancy title in our name to change the world around us. The apostles were just regular people when Jesus called them. They became “Apostles“ because they surrendered, submitted, accepted, committed, and partnered with Jesus. The Lord “specialized” them. They were also just water that were turned to wine. He is the Living Water and we are His waters to the world.
Lord, help me to fully submit to your well. Help me to fully accept your desire to turn me from water to wine. Help me to fully embrace you’re calling so I can be committed to your commission. Lord, give me a heart of a partner not a consumer. Help me to embrace as a partner your mission to save the world. Today I declare that I am a world changer. Today I declare that I am no longer just plain water but glorious wine for the glory of God. In Your Name Jesus, amen!
