My First Miracle

Meditations based on readings from

The Story of My Life As Told by Jesus Christ

August 7, 2019

My First Miracle

Page 51

Luke 3:23a;

John 2:1-12

In yesterday’s reading Jesus invoked the story of Jacob’s ladder and the connection between heaven and earth. (Genesis 28) Heaven and earth coming together in the person of Jesus was demonstrated through the miracle at the wedding in Cana.

When I visited Cana our group gathered in a garden chapel, and I had the honor of renewing the wedding vows of my friends Dan and Shelby. Then Cheryl and I stood together as my friend Pastor Charlie renewed our wedding vows. My visit to the garden chapel reinforced what I see as the most compelling aspect of Jesus’ wedding miracle; Jesus chooses to reveal his glory in the ordinary flow of our life.

The miracles of Jesus have been recorded in the Gospels “so that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name” (John 20:31 NRSV). We call these works of Jesus miracles because they are extraordinary and beyond human capability. Many involved extreme circumstances like raising the dead, feeding multitudes with meager resources, or calming raging seas. Others, like the wedding at Cana, revealed the glory of the Messiah in the ordinary circumstances of life.   

My Takeaway: This story is prompting me to ask three questions:

1-    Am I inviting Jesus to reveal himself in my day to day life?

2-    Am I seeing the signs of Jesus in the ordinary flow of my life?

3-    If so, do these signs cause me to believe and to trust him more?

                             

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com. The BLOG is also available on Amazon Kindle, by subscription.

Copyright © 2019 by Alex M. Knight

Publications by Alex M. Knight:

• Seeking the Life in Christ, Meditations on the New Testament and Psalms has been published and is now available at Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle.

• The second edition of  First Think – Then Pray is available on Amazon Kindle.

Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

Meditations based on readings from

The Story of My Life As Told by Jesus Christ

August 7, 2019

My First Miracle

Page 51

Luke 3:23a;

John 2:1-12

In yesterday’s reading Jesus invoked the story of Jacob’s ladder and the connection between heaven and earth. (Genesis 28) Heaven and earth coming together in the person of Jesus was demonstrated through the miracle at the wedding in Cana.

When I visited Cana our group gathered in a garden chapel, and I had the honor of renewing the wedding vows of my friends Dan and Shelby. Then Cheryl and I stood together as my friend Pastor Charlie renewed our wedding vows. My visit to the garden chapel reinforced what I see as the most compelling aspect of Jesus’ wedding miracle; Jesus chooses to reveal his glory in the ordinary flow of our life.

The miracles of Jesus have been recorded in the Gospels “so that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name” (John 20:31 NRSV). We call these works of Jesus miracles because they are extraordinary and beyond human capability. Many involved extreme circumstances like raising the dead, feeding multitudes with meager resources, or calming raging seas. Others, like the wedding at Cana, revealed the glory of the Messiah in the ordinary circumstances of life.   

My Takeaway: This story is prompting me to ask three questions:

1-    Am I inviting Jesus to reveal himself in my day to day life?

2-    Am I seeing the signs of Jesus in the ordinary flow of my life?

3-    If so, do these signs cause me to believe and to trust him more?

                             

Sē’lah

<><  <><  <><  <><

(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com. The BLOG is also available on Amazon Kindle, by subscription.

Copyright © 2019 by Alex M. Knight

Publications by Alex M. Knight:

• Seeking the Life in Christ, Meditations on the New Testament and Psalms has been published and is now available at Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle.

• The second edition of  First Think – Then Pray is available on Amazon Kindle.

Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.