The First Miracle That Jesus Did

The First Miracle That Jesus Did John 2:1-10 NKJVIntroduction Jesus did His first miracle at the weddingThis was a Devine moment because the bibles starts and ends with the wedding.The bible starts with the wedding between Adam and Eve and ends with the wedding between Christ and the ChurchGod original intention was a happy union between a man and womanWhen we have happy marriage we produce happy children and happy world 🌍No wonder the devil attacks the idea of marriage so muchHe makes it hard for people to get marriedThe devil is doing his best to make the concept of marriage to have negative connotationBut here we are, Jesus is performing His first miracle at the weddingInvitation of Jesus It is vitally important to invite Jesus into your daily lifeYou will never know what may happen in the course of your day that need His interventionThe mother of Jesus was already thereBy the look of things she was close to this couple and saw a need to have the King of the heaven in an earthly ceremonyWith Jesus around life can not be normalWhy do we pray so much?We want His presence to be wherever we areExodus 33:15-16 NKJVMoses is saying to God, “I don’t want to live without you“That what makes a difference in our lives, the presence of GodThe miracle was never going to happen if Jesus was not invitedHow many miracles have we missed in our lives?When I run out When you run out who will be there to give you what you need?It’s not if but when…This generation must know who will fill up your tank when you run outLife in nature is drainingYou don’t even need to be in sin to be drainedWhen you run out, who do you call?Mary intervened - to someone else’s problem, I need a friend like thatWe are sometimes too quiet about Jesus to our friends and families when they need HimJesus is saying, His time has not come yetThe power of intercession make God to move even before timeIf you see a gap that only God can fill, you must stand in the gap and intercedeHave faith like Mary when she said do what He says you must doHave you ever prayed and feel like your prayer is not it?Faith supersedes your feelingsIf I was to go with my feelings I wouldn’t have preached 80% of the sermons I’ve preachedDo what His Word says you must doThe Waster StonesThe water stones were not put there for making wine 🍷When God wants to use you nothing can stop HimWhy didn’t he use the ones they were using?Answer: The capacity… Jesus works best in abundanceHe called for stone jars 🫙 that were not meant for drinking because of capacityHe is not limited by your level of experience and education as long as you have the capacity, he will use youThese water pots were not fancy but they were available for the MasterThey filled them to the brimJesus wants to fill us up to the full capacity6 water pots 20 gallons each = 120 gallons = 454 litres of good wine 🍷 Best wine in South Africa 🇿🇦 costs around R8000The total cost of the wine Jesus made was R3,6MConclusion: The First Miracle Jesus DidFirst thing Jesus did was to bring joy in someones lifeChange the ordinary to extraordinaryJesus wants you to do what you are capable of doing and live the rest for HimMake sure you do what He saysHe did it behind the scene but everyone had a great experienceHe will never give you inferior qualityPeople take advantage of your vulnerability (drunk) but Jesus always deliver the best throughoutThings start good and end up bad but God is good… all the time