John 2:5 - Do Whatever Jesus Tells You!
John 2:5 - Do Whatever Jesus Tells You!
John 2:5 (NKJV) His mother said to the servants, "Whatever He
says to you, do it."
John 2:5 (TNIV) His mother said to the servants, "Do whatever he
tells you."
CONTEXT: Jesus Changes Water To Wine: John 2:1-11.
INTRODUCTION
Out of the many miracles Jesus performed, John selected seven to
reveal His glory and prove His deity: turning water into wine (2:1-11);
healing the nobleman's son (4:46-54); healing the man sick for
thirty-eight years (chap. 5); feeding the five thousand (6:1-14); walking on
the stormy sea (6:15-21); restoring sight to a man born blind (chap.
9); and raising Lazarus from the dead (chap. 11). The catch of fish
(chap. 21), was performed after His resurrection. [Chapter by Chapter
Bible Commentary by Warren Wiersbe re John 2]
APPLICATION COMMENTARY With Emphasis On Verse 5.
A Jewish wedding is a joyful event, and Jesus was very much at
home there. He was "a man of sorrows" (Isa. 53:3), but He also
experienced great joy (Luke 10:21), and He can share the joys and sorrows
(chap. 11) of our lives. The joy the world offers will eventually fail,
but the joy He supplies goes on forever. Be sure to invite Him, and
be sure to obey what He says. [Chapter by Chapter Bible Commentary
by Warren Wiersbe re John 2]
Jesus' mother did not understand everything her Son said or did,
but she understood enough to know that it was always wise to do what
He said. It still is. [Life Principles SB By Charles Stanley re
John 2:5]
Jesus' miracles demonstrated his identity and authority. They
gave credibility to his message. When the Pharisees wondered if he
would heal the paralyzed man, Jesus presented this challenge, "Is it
easier to say 'your sins are forgiven,' or 'Stand up and walk'? So I
will prove to you that the Son of Man has the authority on earth to
forgive sins," and he proved it by healing the man (Luke 5:17-26). When
John the Baptist sent messengers to Jesus to find out whether he was
the Messiah, Jesus pointed to his miracles as the affirmative answer
(Matthew 11:1-6).
Jesus also did miracles, such as healing, out of compassion--to
help alleviate the suffering that sin and Satan have brought on the
world.
Miracles still happen today--yet, as in Jesus' day, not every
bad situation is miraculously made better, not every sick person is
healed, and not every storm is calmed. But the point is that you know
the One who has the power to do great things, and you know he will
keep his promise to one day create a world where sin and suffering
will not exist. [The One Year Bible for New Believers re Luke 4 and
5]
CONCLUDING THOUGHTS
Doing What Jesus Says Requires Faith:
"I have to lead my life in faith, without seeing Him." 2
Corinthians 5:7 (Moffatt)
For a time we are conscious of God's attentions, then, when
God begins to use us in His enterprises, we take on a pathetic look
and talk of the trials and the difficulties, and all the time God is
trying to make us do our duty as obscure people. None of us would be
obscure spiritually if we could help it. Can we do our duty when God has
shut up heaven? Some of us always want to be illuminated saints with
golden haloes and the flush of inspiration, and to have the saints of
God dealing with us all the time. A gilt-edged saint is no good, he
is abnormal, unfit for daily life, and altogether unlike God. We
are here as men and women, not as half-fledged angels, to do the
work of the world, and to do it with an infinitely greater power to
stand the turmoil because we have been born from above.
If we try to re-introduce the rare moments of inspiration, it
is a sign that it is not God we want. We are making a fetish of the
moments when God did come and speak, and insisting that He must do it
again; whereas what God wants us to do is to "walk by faith." How many
of us have laid ourselves by, as it were, and said - "I cannot do
any more until God appears to me." He never will, and without any
inspiration, without any sudden touch of God, we will have to get up. Then
comes the surprise - "Why, He was there all the time, and I never knew
it!" Never live for the rare moments, they are surprises. God will
give us touches of inspiration when He sees we are not in danger of
being led away by them. We must never make our moments of inspiration
our standard; our standard is our duty. [My Utmost for His Highest
by Oswald Chambers]
Doing What Jesus Says May Require Patience:
"Though it tarry, wait for it." Habakkuk 2:3
Patience is not indifference; patience conveys the idea of an
immensely strong rock withstanding all onslaughts. The vision of God is
the source of patience, because it imparts a moral inspiration.
Moses endured, not because he had an ideal of right and duty, but
because he had a vision of God. He "endured, as seeing Him Who is
invisible." A man with the vision of God is not devoted to a cause or to any
particular issue; he is devoted to God Himself. You always know when the
vision is of God because of the inspiration that comes with it; things
come with largeness and tonic to the life because everything is
energized by God. If God gives you a time spiritually, as He gave His Son
actually, of temptation in the wilderness, with no word from Himself at
all, endure, and the power to endure is there because you see God.
"Though it tarry, wait for it." The proof that we have the
vision is that we are reaching out for more than we have grasped. It is
a bad thing to be satisfied spiritually. "What shall I render unto
the Lord?" said the Psalmist. "I will take the cup of salvation." We
are apt to look for satisfaction in ourselves - "Now I have got the
thing; now I am entirely sanctified; now I can endure." Instantly we
are on the road to ruin. Our reach must exceed our grasp. "Not as
though I had already attained, either were already perfect." If we have
only what we have experienced, we have nothing; if we have the
inspiration of the vision of God, we have more than we can experience.
Beware of the danger of relaxation spiritually. [My Utmost for His
Highest by Oswald Chambers]
LINKS WORTH CHECKING OUT:
Grace Notes:
http://www.e-gracenotes.org/index.php
A Better Way to Live:
http://www.itiswritten.com/betterway/
Excellent Spiritual Resource Site:
http://www.christianlifemediacenter.com/
More Spiritual Resources:
http://www.aBible.com
