"Do Whatever He Tells You"

There are a few words that keep swirling around my mind weeks after I recently read the Bible passage about the wedding at Cana.  Although this might be a familiar story for you--and Jesus's very first recorded miracle--read it again with me today...

John chapter 2: The Wedding at Cana

2 On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. 2 Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples.3 When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.”4 And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet come.” 5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”

6 Now there were six stone water jars there for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons.[a] 7 Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” And they filled them up to the brim. 8 And he said to them,“Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast.” So they took it.9 When the master of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom 10 and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine. But you have kept the good wine until now.” 11 This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory. And his disciples believed in him.

12 After this he went down to Capernaum, with his mother and his brothers[b]and his disciples, and they stayed there for a few days.

Mary's statement keeps echoing through my mind as she directs her command, not just to the servants at the wedding feast, but also to each and every one of us...

"DO WHATEVER HE TELLS YOU"

I find it is easier to follow a formula of rules and regulations instead of doing the harder thing to quiet my spirit, listen to the Lord, and step out in obedience to what He is telling me to do. Whether it involves foregoing pumpkin spice lattes or saying "No" to good things, we need to listen to what God is nudging us to do as we walk in obedience and appropriate the truth in His Word to our lives.

Are you listening?

Are you willing to step out in faithful obedience?

Let's follow Mary's words as we seek to do WHATEVER the Lord tells us to do!