MESSAGE: I'LL GET THE WATER - YOU GET THE WINE
Aaron Creasey
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Ps. Aaron Creasey
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PASSAGE: John 2:1-12 ESV
PASSAGE: John 2:1-12 ESV
John 2:1–12 (ESV)
1 On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.
2 Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples.
3 When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.”
4 And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet come.”
5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”
6 Now there were six stone water jars there for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons.
7 Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” And they filled them up to the brim.
8 And he said to them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast.” So they took it.
9 When the master of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom
10 and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine. But you have kept the good wine until now.”
11 This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory. And his disciples believed in him.
12 After this he went down to Capernaum, with his mother and his brothers and his disciples, and they stayed there for a few days.
TITLE: I’LL GET THE WATER - YOU GET THE WINE
TITLE: I’LL GET THE WATER - YOU GET THE WINE
PRAY
PRAY
STORY
STORY
HUNGRY CATERPILLAR STORY
Brought this book
Thought we could have story time
Story of caterpillar that turns into a butterfly
Imagine my daughter being totally wrecked by the ending
Did not see that coming
That is so often how things work with God
You may not see immediate results
Our God is not an immediate God. Our God is an eternal God.
EXAMPLE
Bamboo Trees Dormant for 3 years, then is 60 days, it grows to its full height
Years of feeding a personal devotion.
but when you keep eating, when you keep going, eventually there will be transformation.
9 And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.
We all have the desire to be something GREAT
Bet we don’t go through the process of change, we don’t see immediate results.
Our God is not an immediate God he is and ETERNAL God...
He is not worried about the temporal, he is focused on eternity
Its about time we do too.
It can be so easy to focus on the moment now, needs now, which are important because it effects our future.
But how do we deal with our here and now and see transformation for our future?
HOW WE TREAT TODAY, IMPACTS TOMORROW.
WHAT CAN I DO TODADY TO SEE TRANSFORMATION IN THE WORLD?
WHAT CAN I DO TODAY TO SEE TRANSFORMATION IN THE CHURCH?
WHAT CAN I DO TODAY TO SEE TRANSFORMATION IN OUR LIVES?
OBSERVATION - 3 POINTS
OBSERVATION - 3 POINTS
POINT ONE: GRAB YOUR TOWEL
POINT ONE: GRAB YOUR TOWEL
I LOVE THAT JESUS USED SERVANTS TO DO THIS MIRACLE
Jesus INCLUDED THEM
5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”
The servants were ultimately used in this massive miracle
Which made them apart of the HUGE impact on the people that were around them, in the city that they were in.
JESUS called them to be apart of the IMPACT on the world around them.
MAKE IT PERSONAL
We are all called to make an impact on the World.
We are all called to be transformed
To transform the world around us.
THE WORLD NEEDS FIXING
YOU WERE NOT MADE TO FIX IT
YOU WERE MADE TO SERVE IT
THERE IS A DIFFERENCE IN FIXING AND SERVING
Fixing Vs. Serving
So often I find myself running around with a wrench, trying to fix the problems rather than serve the fixer.
Notice this in relationships
THE SERVANTS COULD NOT MAKE WINE
I CANT MAKE WINE
I CANT FIX IT
If I was I would
Fill it with grapes, maybe some vinegar, some sugar, squash em a bit.
THE DIFFERENCE IN
FIXING
I am going to make the wine?
(I AM GOING TO BRING ABOUT THE CHANGE IN MY LIFE)
SERVING
How are you going to make the wine?
WHAT CAN I DO?
Do we ask this question?
8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
I FIND SO OFTEN WE ARE SO BUSY TRYING TO FIX THAT WE FORGET TO ASK!?
We need to stop fixing the church and start serving Jesus.
The world doesn’t need us to FIX IT, it needs us to serve IT
Sometimes in the FIXING we have a good heart! We see that maybe there is this thing lacking, there is this area of Church that needs this thing so I am going to do it. WHICH IS GREAT…
BUT
WE CAN NOT FIX THE WORLD
JESUS CAN
(SAY, I AM NOT A FIXER - I AM A SERVANT)
BEST PART: WITH JESUS
You will see the fix (transformation)
You will be apart of the fix (transformation)
But you were never the one doing fixing.
LIKE BEING A SKA BAND DANCER
THE SERVANTS
They filled the water
They took the water
They presented the water
But they did not change the water
PRACTICAL
HOW DO I SERVE?
Servants
Ask - What can I do?
Listen - SILENT SOLOTUDE - PLEASE DO THIS
Do - Faith with Works.
I ASK
YOU SAID
WE DO
THIS IS HAVING FAITH TAKE FULL EFFECT.
BEST WAY TO SERVE THE CHURCH.
BEST WAY TO SERVE OUR LEADERS
BEST WAY TO SERVE JESUS
“I JUST WANT TO BE A PART WHAT CAN I DO”
ITS NOT ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE DOING, ITS ABOUT WHO YOU ARE SERVING.
POINT TWO: FILL IT ON UP
POINT TWO: FILL IT ON UP
We have the choice of what we get to be filled with.
Examples in Acts:
Holy Spirit
The Devil -( Ananias )
Jealousy
Joy
Fear
Wonder
Confusion
Peace
We have the choice of what we get to be filled with.
28 So you also outwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
You can look one way and be filled with something entirely
YOU HAVE A CHOICE WITH WHAT YOU ARE FILLED WITH.
Servants told to fill with water, they didn’t have to.
What are you consciously choosing to be filled with?
CHOOSE TO BE FILLED WITH THINGS OF GOD
WORSHIP
WORD
COMMUNITY
FILLING UP IS SIMPLE
LIKE THEY JUST FILLED UP POTS WITH WATER
Filling up Might seem trivial
Its always been simple, and it always will be.
Fill up and let God do the miracle.
ONE THING I LOVE ABOUT THESE SERVANTS
NEVER ASKED FOR CLAIRIFICATION
NEVER ONCE ASK FOR CLAIRIFICATION but instead we see Cooperation
I CAN Guarantee THAT THEY DID NOT AGREE!
But they did it anyway...
PROBLEM IN OUR SOCIETY
We have a problem with our society of challenging opposing beliefs
YOU CAN NOT CHALLENGE GOD
He will win every-time, but for some reason we still do it.
I STILL ASK, IS THAT WHAT GOD ACTUALLY MEANS? MAYBE ITS DIFFERENT FOR ME?
HERE IS THE TRUTH
HIS WAY IS GREATER THAN OUR BELEIF
Things that are in the word or asked that I may not believe, but I believe more than anything that HIS WAY is better than MY WAY
SO YOU MIGHT BE ASKING
Are you asking me to just blindly follow?
YES! WHEN IT COMES TO JESUS, YES!
This is why it is the narrow road (verse)
14 For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.
This is why few will enter the gate
WE need to be more open to follow even in the unbelief.
STATEMENT
THOMAS GOING WITH JESUS TO LAZ
16 So Thomas, called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with him.”
BIG QUESTIONS
How do you handle things you don’t agree?
When you are asked to do something that you might not 100% understand?
With biblical leadership?
With Jesus?
DO YOU ACTUALLY BELIEVE THAT GODS WAY IS BETTER THAN YOUR WAY?
Get in the word?
He is not asking the world of them…
He is asking them to fill their Jars
He is asking us, to fill our lives.
How do we fill up?
Be in the word
It might seem a bit trivial at times…
BUT WE NEED TO GET THE WORD IN
Be in church
Be in community
Be in prayer
IN SHORT CULTIVATE THE THINGS OF GOD IN YOUR LIFE
ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO DO THE SAME
24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church,
REVELATION
REVELATION
POINT THREE: DRAW IT ON OUT
7 Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” And they filled them up to the brim. 8 And he said to them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast.” So they took it.
THERE IS A TIME TO FILL IN YOUR LIFE - AND A TIME TO DRAW OUT
IT WAS NOT UNTIL THE DREW THE WATER OUT THAT THEY WITNESSED THE MIRACLE
YOU WERE MADE TO DISPLAY THE GLORY OF GOD
THE WINE WAS NOT FOR THES SERVANTS
ITS NOT FOR THE GUESTS
IT WAS FOR THE GLORY OF JESUS
YOUR LIFE
GODS PROVISION
GODS BLESSING
GODS HELP
GODS TRANSFORMATION
GODS PLAN
GODS PURPOSE
GODS ANOINTING
IS NOT FOR YOU ITS NOT FOR THEM FOR HIM
The point of serving, the point of being filled, the point of drawing out is not for a greater life… It’s for a GOD LIFE
I LIFE THAT TRUELY SAYS, I TRUST YOUR WAY MORE THAN MY WAY.
This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory. And his disciples believed in him.
ALL BELIEVED
BLESSING AND CHANGE IN OUR LIFE IS NOT FOR YOU
ITS FOR HIM
EVERYTHING GOES BACK TO THE GLORY OF GOD
Selfish filling
We spend so much time filling ourselves, and how many of us are not pouring out.
WE WERE MADE TO DRAW OUT THE WONDER OF GOD - MAY HAVE PUT IN WATER, BUT I PROMISE YOU WILL BE SURPRISED WITH WHAT COMES OUT OF YOU.
IF THE WINE WAS NEVER DRAWN OUT, THERE WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN TRANSFORMATION
WE WERE MADE TO FILL - WE WERE MADE TO SPILL
HOW DO YOU DRAW OUT?
Who are you encouraging right now?
Who was the last person you prayed for? - Really prayed for?
Do you have a revelation of Serving in the church?
It’s not about you its about him.
Cost is everything
Our lives are changed, not in the filling but the outworking.
We want to see change in our lives?
In this world?
Grab your towels
Fill on up
Draw on out
It is in the doing that the miracle takes place.
YOU
YOU
Call - Feeling Empty?
Call - Feeling Empty?
28 “Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest.
29 Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you.
30 Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.”
FRESH FILLING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.