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Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light for my path. 

– Psalm 119:105

Do Whatever He Tells You

8/13/2012

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His mother said to the servers, “Do whatever He tells you.”  John 2:5

Would everyone who ever had a mother  look into their eyes and say, “Just do it…because I said so!”, please stand up.  If you are a reader who follows directions, you’re probably now reading this post standing up!  Somewhere early in mamma school the women in my mother’s generation learned how to say that phrase with such authority and strength it was simply a conversation stopper!  When my mom launched that phrase from her lips it was a done deal…mamma said do it…case closed!  Lucky for me, my mother passed on the talent.  As I fast forward lots of years I have said those same words to my own children at the end of a debate I had to come out the winner of.  It’s like the motherhood trump card…do it because I said so!

Why is it so powerful…why does it work…why do we say it? I think the 
first thing that makes it so powerful is that it’s biblical…if Mary, the mother of Jesus could use the line successfully all mother (and fathers) should be encouraged to use it too! I think it works because it’s simple and I think we
say it because we love our children and we know what’s best for them.  Mary’s words had a deeper meaning; they were an invitation to the servers to be a part of something amazing that was about to happen.  Mamma Mary knew great things were about to begin with her son…she knew best that night so she spoke those powerful words and the servants at that wedding did what they were instructed because Jesus’ mother “said so!”

These words from John’s Gospel have a strong tie to our lives even today.  We are the servers…we are those called to be Christ’s hands and feet on earth.  We are called to live and spread the Gospel message so Mary’s words are as relevant to us today as they were to the servers in Cana the night Jesus performed his first miracle.  Our mothers told us to “do what they said” because they knew there was more to the situation than we could see.  Mary knew that too.  Mary knows that still.  Whenever we hear the words in this Gospel message, we should be reminded to “do whatever He tells us”.  That really is our job…to do whatever He tells us.  He has every last detail about our life sealed in His heart why wouldn’t we listen and obey?  We are a stubborn people.  Lucky for us, we are reminded by Mary's words in this verse to do whatever Jesus tells us, and even luckier for us, because of God’s great love and wisdom, we are invited back again and again to try to do it the right way…the way He tells us.

 
A seed to plant:   Before you go to bed tonight, recall a situation where you didn’t “do whatever He said”. Think about the outcome of that situation and prayerfully sleep on it.  Tomorrow morning pick one tricky or difficult area in your life and specifically ask God to help “do whatever He tells you”.

Blessings on your day!
 
 


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