THE WISDOM OF GOD (PART 3).

 NOVEMBER 14^TH

TEXT: 2 Kings 5:9-14, John 2:1-10.

TEXT: John 2:1-10, 2 Kings 5:9-14Amplified Bible (AMP)

⁹ So Naaman came with his horses and chariots and stopped at the entrance of Elisha’s house. ¹⁰ Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh will be restored to you and you will be clean.” ¹¹ But Naaman was furious and went away and said, “Indeed! I thought ‘He would at least come out to [see] me and stand and call on the name of the Lord his God, and wave his hand over the place [of leprosy] and heal the leper.’ ¹² Are not Abana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus [in Aram], better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean?” So he turned and went away in a rage. ¹³ Then his servants approached and said to him, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more then, when he has said to you, ‘Wash, and be clean?’” ¹⁴ So he went down and plunged himself into the Jordan seven times, just as the man of God had said; and his flesh was restored like that of a little child and he was clean.

John 2:1-10Amplified Bible (AMP)

Miracle at Cana

2 On the third day there was a wedding at Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there; ² and both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding. ³ When the wine was all gone, the mother of Jesus said to Him, “^[a]They have no more wine.” ⁴ Jesus said to her, “[Dear] woman, ^[b]what is that to you and to Me? My time [to act and to be revealed] has not yet come.” ⁵ His mother said to the servants, “Whatever He says to you, do it.” ⁶ Now there were six stone waterpots set there for the Jewish custom of purification (ceremonial washing), containing twenty or thirty gallons each. ⁷ Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the waterpots with water.” So they filled them up to the brim. ⁸ Then He said to them, “Draw some out now and take it to the headwaiter [of the banquet].” So they took it to him. ⁹ And when the headwaiter tasted the water which had turned into wine, not knowing where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew) he called the bridegroom, ¹⁰ and said to him, “Everyone else serves his best wine first, and when people have ^[c]drunk freely, then he serves that which is not so good; but you have kept back the good wine until now.”

Life can be more interesting and easy if we would just let the Lord lead us unto glory. Often when the Lord is ushering many of us  into our moments of glory we find it difficult to obey because we believe we have better ideas. Mary the mother of Jesus was able to learn the wisdom in being foolish in her resolve to follow God early, that was why she told the servants, Whatever He ask you to do, just do it. Too many of us will not do just what is required of us, we think we are wiser, so we will wait to do it our own way and time.

Some others will edit the instruction to their own taste, but partial obedience is disobedience. This was what was responsible for the fall of the first king of Israel, Saul. If you don’t want to end up like Saul and his kind it will be wise for you to follow the seemingly foolish instructions of God and let Him decide what follows.

The glory in many lives have been cut short because too many of us are too smart. So many would have gone far in their progress in life but for their smartness. Beloved, humble yourself and see the glory of God transform your life from glory to glory. Shalom!