SATURDAY - 4TH NOVEMBER, 2023
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - Olusola ADEJUMO
IN CANA OF GALILEE - My Very First Day Series 004
John 2:11, KJV
"This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him".
If you enquire from my audience and congregation, they'll tell you that often as pastor writes or composes, you'll see him mark his writing with the date, start time of writing and ending it. I do this for so many reasons.
However, there's one more thing I do but which I only document in my book of revelation and receiving. Whenever God speaks to me or an event that's critical happens to me, I always document it down with the date, time and place of event.
If I should ever give you my book of revelation, you'd be surprised to see many receivings with their places of receivings, time and date. Thank God for recording. It helps a lot. At times, you yourself might forget or partially lose accuracy but thank God for the invention of documentation. It is aiding humanity in that regard.
Why record where events take place? It's critical to the event itself. The turning of water into wine didn't happen in Gaza, Tyre or Sidon. No, it happens in Cana of Galilee. The place of mercy where this holily event occurs is at a wedding - a function that any might believe a miracle ought not to be wrought. However, God chose that place for that very first miracle. For your witness to be complete and thorough, "where" must be settled. Many times when I write or speak, I usually mention specific places critical to my journey and the description I'm giving. That's to prove the worth of those events I'm narrating. If I were lying, somebody who was there at that time could confront and reveal same as a lie since they were co-witnesses. The Bible says, "this is the beginning of His miracles which He did in Cana of Galilee..."
There's always a place where people take off from. There's a place that each of us can reference in our journeys as the very beginning and start of the greatness people see us with today. For Samson, his day, experience and greatness began here.
Judges 13:25, KJV
"And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol".
I pray for you that God will begin with you. May He rightly locate you where you are or where He might transplant you. You'll be where the atmosphere is right and the people are expectant. You'll be where the people are eager to hear. If not, you'll reap the testimony of Jesus that "and He did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief" (Matt.13:54-58). You'll therefore be restrained by such unbelief and lack of acceptance in a place. However, may rightful location not suffer you. The Bible says, "he's like a tree planted by streams of water..." "By streams of water" speaks of a location or a place that aids such tree planted by the water stream. May you therefore be where your audience pines after your deliveries; where the ground is ready for the word to be sown; where rejection and unbelief are far from you. Yes, Jesus' audience pines to see His miracles in Cana of Galilee. First Jesus' mum, Mary motivated Jesus to doing something to their lack of wine. May you not lack encouragers and those who'll stir you to do the miraculous in this life. May you have the support of men just as you have of God. May you hear, "go, go" until you meet needs as sent by destiny. Apart from this, Mary told the servants standing to do whatsoever Jesus commands. All of them are therefore in expectation and anticipation of what Jesus would do. They had already received His ministry in their minds. This acceptance communicates a sense of being wanted and indeed this demand they placed on Jesus leads to the birthing of the first of His (public) miracle in Cana of Galilee. Look, may God give you people who will call things out of you. May you not have a congregation and a people that are as dead as the grave. May you rather have those who are waiting for what you'll tell them that they might obey. That's the atmosphere of miracles. You also as a minister will be able to see God in different dimensions and graciousness you've never known or seen Him before. Mary's word of trust in the capability of Jesus and the waiting of the servants on Him is therefore the first trigger for this Cana of Galilee miracle.
To God's glory, the recipient and holder of this first miracle of Jesus is Cana of Galilee. It happened no where else except in Cana of Galilee. Immediately, that place became popular. Some of you would start from somewhere. That place would be your Cana of Galilee. It's there you'll launch from and if you ever tell your story, you'd referenced it. There's always the place. It's always a specific place. There's always a place that beckons you to come to start in it. Others like Jesus' hometown would just be stiff and tightly closed to you but your Cana of Galilee will want you to turn water to wine. They'll instruct themselves concerning you that whatsoever you command should be done. They'll just be self taught. Herein, you know that you're at your Rehoboth where the right season meets with opportunities. I pray for you, you'll locate where you can start that company that would become a world phenomenon from. What will go round or does go round eventually started somewhere. There is always a place and may your place (when situated) not hinder you. May it not be a place that will murder your dreams, clip your wings and tie your feet.
PRAYER: Lord, keep my feet, sight and desires from places where the works of my hands won't be floral. Rather, set my eyes like a flint rock, direct my path to the place where men would ask of me a miracle (in what I can do and delight doing).
BIBLE IN A YEAR: Ezekiel 10:1-11:25; Hebrews 6:1-20; Psalm 105:16-36; Proverbs 27:1-2
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