I. HAVE HIM AROUND:
A. V. 2 SAYS THAT JESUS WAS CALLED, INVITED TO THE WEDDING. JESUS COULD NOT HAVE WORKED THAT MIRACLE IF HE WAS NOT THERE. SINCE HE WAS THERE HE COULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM THEY HAD. LET ME SUGGEST THAT MAYBE MIRACLES HAVE NOT BEGUN TO HAPPEN IN YOUR LIFE BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT INVITED HIM TO YOUR WEDDING. MAY IT’S BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT INVITED HIM INTO YOUR HEART AND YOUR SOUL. MAYBE YOU HAVE NOT INVITED HIM TO TAKE OVER YOUR LIFE AND CONTROL YOUR LIFE. SEE YOU HAVE TO HAVE HIM AROUND SO THAT WHEN YOU RUN OUT YOU DON’T HAVE TO GO FAR TO GET HIM. IF YOU’RE NOT SAVED TODAY, AND NEED A MIRACLE IN YOUR LIFE. THE FIRST THING YOU NEED TO DO IS INVITE INTO YOUR HEART. THERE’S A SONG THAT SAYS TAKE THE LORD WITH YOU EVERYWHERE YOU GO. TAKE HIM TO WORK, SO WHEN YOU NEED A MIRACLE OF A RAISE THERE, HE’S ALREADY THERE. TAKE HIM HOME WITH YOU, SO WHEN YOU NEED A MIRACLE OF CASTING OUT DEMONS THERE, HE’S ALREADY THERE. TAKE HIM TO SCHOOL WITH YOU. SO WHEN YOU NEED A MIRACLE OF GOOD GRADES HE’S ALREADY THERE. IF YOU WANT A MIRACLE IN YOUR LIFE, YOU MUST INVITE HIM TO COME WITH YOU.
II. GO TO HIM FIRST:
A. NOTICE THAT WHEN THE WINE RAN OUT V. 3 AND WHEN THEY WANTED (RAN OUT OF) WINE THE MOTHER OF JESUS SAID TO HIM. WHO DID SHE GO TO FIRST? SHE WENT STRAIGHT TO JESUS. SEE WHEN YOU RUN OUT OF WHAT YOU HAVE, THE FIRST PERSON YOU NEED TO RUN TO IS JESUS. SHE RAN TO HIM BECAUSE SHE REALLY KNEW WHO HE WAS. WHEN YOU REALLY KNOW WHO JESUS IS AND WHAT HE CAN DO FOR YOU, YOU WILL GO TO HIM WHEN YOU ARE IN NEED. HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU GONE TO SOMEONE WHO COULD NOT HELP YOU BUT MADE THINGS WORST FOR YOU. WE NEED TO LEARN HOW TO GO TO JESUS WHEN WE ARE IN NEED. JESUS SAID ASK AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ASK HIM FIRST WHEN EVER YOU FIND YOURSELF IN NEED OF SOMETHING. YOU DON’T NEED A SUGAR DADDY. YOU DON’T NEED A SWEET THANG; ALL YOU NEED IS THE REAL THING. AND HIS NAME IS JESUS. THE LOVER OF YOUR SOUL. THE LILLY OF THE VALLEY. THE BRIGHT AND MORNING STAR. THE WAY OUT OF NO WAY. THE ONE THAT MEETS MY EVERY NEED. THE ONE THAT MAKES ME FEEL BETTER THAN ANY DRUG OR ANY PERSON COULD EVER MAKE ME FEEL.
B. BUT NOTICE IN V. 4 THAT JESUS RESPONDED THAT HIS TIME WAS NOT YET COME. IN OTHER WORDS I AM SO IN TUNE WITH THE WILL OF GOD FOR MY LIFE I DON’T BELIEVE THAT NOW IS THE TIME HE WANTS ME TO WORK A MIRACLE. LET ME SUGGEST 2 THINGS TO YOU.
1. MAYBE MIRACLES HAS NOT HAPPEN IN YOUR LIFE BECAUSE IT MAY NOT BE YOUR TIME YET. IT MAY NOT BE IN HIS WILL FOR HIM TO GIVE IT TO YOU NOW. MAYBE YOU’RE NOT IN THE PLACE WHERE YOU COULD HANDLE WHAT YOU’RE ASKING FOR NOW.
2. IF YOU GET DESPERATE ENOUGH LIKE MARY DID. SEE IF V. 5 SHE TOLD THEM TO DO WHAT HE TOLD THEM TO DO. SOME FOLK GET SO DESPERATE UNTIL THEY SAY JUST LIKE JACOB SAID WHEN HE WRESTLE WITH THE ANGEL ALL NIGHT. I NOT GOING TO LET YOU GO UNTIL YOU BLESS ME. SOMETIMES YOU MAY HAVE TO SAY GOD I’M NOT GOING STOP PRAISING YOU, I’M NOT GOING TO STOP WORSHIPPING YOU UNTIL YOU BLESS ME. SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO GET DESPERATE FOR WHAT YOU NEED.
III. DO WHAT JESUS SAYS: V.7
A. IN ORDER TO GET THE MIRACLE YOU MUST OBEY HIS INSTRUCTION. IF HE TELLS YOU TO GET UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND PRAY, GET UP. IF HE TELLS YOU TO SOW A SEED SOW A SEED. IF HE TELLS YOU TO READ HIS WORD BEFORE GOING TO BED READ. BUT THERE ARE SOMETHING’S HE HAS ALREADY TOLD US TO DO. THINGS LIKE GIVEN OUR TIME, TALENTS, TITHES, OUR OFFERINGS, OUT HEART, OUR SOUL. AND IF YOU HAVE NOT GIVEN HIM THOSE THINGS THAT HE HAS TOLD US TO GIVE THEN HOE DO YOU EXPECT HIM TO WORK A MIRACLE IN YOUR LIFE. YOU HAVE TO DO WHAT HE SAYS SO IF YOU WANT A MIRACLE IN YOUR LIFE.
B. BELIEVE WHAT HE SAYS 7:
THE TEXT SAYS THAT HE TOLD HIM TO FILL THE WATER POTS WITH WATER, BUT WHAT THEY NEEDED WAS WINE. SEE YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT HE GOING TO TURN IT INTO WHAT EVER YOU ASKED FOR EVEN IT SEEMS LIKE WHAT YOU ASKED FOR IS NOT WHAT YOU’RE GETTING. YOU MAY WANT A MERCEDES BUT HE TELLS YOU TO GO TO THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP. YOU SAY BUT GOD I WANT A MERCEDES. HE SAYS GO TO TOYOTA. BUT WHEN YOU GET THERE, THEY HAVE A MERCEDES IN THE BACK, THE SAME ONE YOU WERE ASKING FOR CHEAPER THAT WHAT YOU WERE GOING TO PAY FOR. SEE EVEN THOUGH IT SEEMS LIKE YOU’RE NOT GETTING WHAT YOU ASK FOR, JUST HOLD ON BECAUSE IN WHAT EVER HE TELLS YOU TO DO IS YOUR MIRACLE. IT MAY NOT LOOK LIKE IT, BUT YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE, THAT WHEN THE TIME COMES FOR IT TO BE REVEALED IT WILL BE THE THING YOU NEED. I KNOW RIGHT NOW IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE WHAT YOU HAVE ASKED FOR BUT IN IT IS WHAT YOU NEED. JUST HOLD ON UNTIL IT’S TIME FOR IT TO BE REVEALED. I BELIEVE THAT BEFORE THE SERVICE IS OVER GOD IS GOING TO REVEAL YOUR MIRACLE TO YOU. SOME OF YOU BEEN WAITING FOR A WHILE, BUT TO DAY IS YOUR DAY.
IV. PREPARE YOURSELF FOR THE BEST MIRACLE OF YOUR LIFE. V. 10.
V. V. 8 GET READY TO DRAW OUT:
TAKE OUT YOUR MIRACLE. V. 8. JESUS IS SAYING TO YOU RIGHT NOW. PUT YOUR HAND IN YOUR WATER POT AND TAKE YOUR MIRACLE. YOU’VE BEEN CARRYING YOUR WATER POTS TO LONG; IT’S TIME TO DRAW OUT YOUR MIRACLE.
