John 1 goes to great lengths to identify Jesus as the Son of God, the
Word, the Light, and the Lamb of God. The entire ministry of John the
Baptist was to announce the coming of Jesus. Jesus begins to assemble
his ministry team. But then in chapter 2, Jesus' first miracle occurs at
a nameless couple's wedding where he miraculously supplies
refreshments. It seems like a big under utilization of a miraculous
ability. But maybe it speaks to the nature of Jesus that he began his
public ministry by taking care of a small thing that helped spare a
party planner some embarrassment. Most of the miracles we encounter are
not of the dramatic mountain variety. Most of them are small things that
reconfirm to us that Jesus is interested and involved in the normal,
mundane aspects of our everyday lives. Our lives are mostly normal and a
Savior that is involved in normal is a greater blessing than one who
only gets involved in crises. How encouraging to think that a Jesus who
can create the universe and raise people from the dead isn't too big to
help us through the day by day issues that make up our lives. It
reminds me of the old song, "How Big Is God":
How big is God? How big and wide His vast domain.
To try to tell, these lips can only start.
He's big enough to rule His mighty universe,
Yet small enough to live within my heart.
It's truly amazing to see God work on a day by day basis. Sometimes we chuckle at our children for asking God for what we think are little things. But maybe we should be learning from their example and ask God for the little things too. And then....remember to thank him for it.
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