Hi everyone....is your relationship with Jesus such that you can receive His rebuke without taking offense or crawling into a corner? Can you respond to His truth-even a hard truth-by adjusting your life to His right way of thinking and then continuing to serve Him as faithfully as before?
A NEW RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JESUS AND MARY
John 2:3-5 When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to Him, "They have no more wine." And Jesus said to her, "Woman, what does that have to do with us? My hour has not yet come." His mother said to the servants, "Whatever Hesays to you, do it."
Returning to the wedding at Cana we come across a major crisis-the wine ran out because the supply was insufficient. this potential embarrassment for the couple and their families could have stigmatized them for the rest of their lives. Mary was apparently helping to oversee the catering of the celebration and became aware of this serious problem. She anxiously said to Jesus, "They have no wine."
Jesus abruptly reply, "Woman, what does that have to do with us?" signaled a major change in their relationship. It was an idiomatic expression that asks rhetorically what the two parties in question have in common, and has the effect of distancing them. By calling Mary, "Woman" 9a polite, but not intimate, form of address instead of "Mother', Jesus politely but firmly informed her that their relationship was no longer to be what it had been while He was growing up. His public ministry has begun, and earthly relationships would not direct His actions. Mary way to relate to Him no longer as her son but as her Messiah, the Son of God, her Savior.
Undeterred by the mild rebuke, and aware that He was not saying no to the request, Mary said to the servants, "Whatever He says to you, do it." Mary shows us how we should respond to the Lord.
more to come...have a restful weekend and a good worship!
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