Jesus walked into the wedding in Cana of Galilee and
what did they need there? They had run out of wine. His turning
the water into wine was a miracle, to be sure, but it wasn’t essential.
Nobody’s life depended upon the miracle. He was just showing
His glory. He was manifesting His power. John 2:11 says,
This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and
manifested forth his glory.
You ask, “What is Jesus doing in the meetings you conduct?”
Quite simply, He’s doing what He’s always done. He’s just
showing forth His glory and meeting the needs — big and small
— of the people. Jesus walked into that wedding feast and was
pushed into that miracle by His mother. He turned the water into
wine to manifest His glory and meet the need.
What does that tell you? It tells you that Jesus wants to
bless you. He is interested in the smallest details of your life. He
wants to take care of you. He wants to meet your every need, just
like He did for the disciples in Mark 4:35-41. Jesus is sleeping in
the back of the boat as He and His disciples are taking a cruise
across the lake. Alas, a storm arises and the waves roll and the
winds howl The disciples are afraid and they run back and awaken
Jesus.
What happened when Jesus showed up? He commanded,
“Peace, be still!” and the wind obeyed.
I want you to know, He can still calm the storms in your
life! It doesn’t matter what your storm looks like. It doesn’t matter
what you’re facing. Jesus still calms the storm for you.
You might think, “Well, maybe He’s sleeping in the back
of the boat. Then why don’t you just go lie down at the back of
the boat with Him and take a nap too? As long as He’s sleeping,
you can rest too. He’ll calm the storm for you.
After calming the storm,
Jesus and the disciples came to the country of the Gadarenes
where a man with an unclean spirit met Him. (See Mark 5:1-6.)
The devils possessing the man took one look at Jesus and said,
“Uh- oh, we have to go! We can’t stay here anymore! Where can
we go? Oh, there’s a bunch of swine; let’s go into those swine.”
The devils know they can’t stay around when Jesus walks in the
door.
In Matthew 9:2-8, He
walked up to a man with palsy and said, “Your sins are forgiven
you,” and he was healed. When Jesus shows up, it’s the absolute
opposite of when the Pharisees show up. When the Pharisees and
the Sadducees and the wouldn’t-sees and couldn’t-sees show up,
they bring rocks! They’re ready to stone you to death for your
sins. When Jesus shows up, He forgives sin! It’s easy for Him to
forgive sin and heal the sick because it’s His nature and His purpose
to forgive.
In Mark 5:25-34, a woman had been
sick for twelve years with an issue of blood. She had spent all
that she had on medical doctors, who were unable to help her.
When she heard that Jesus was going to pass by, she said, “If I
can just touch the hem of His garment, I’m going to be made
whole.”
As the woman touched the hem of Jesus’ garment, the
power of God, the anointing of the Holy Spirit that was on the life
and the ministry of Jesus, flowed out of Him into her, and she was
made whole. He said to her, Go in peace, and be whole of thy
plague (Mark 5:34).
When Jesus shows up, He’ll heal you. It doesn’t matter
what you’re facing. You might have an incurable disease right
now, a disease that has been diagnosed as terminal. I want you to
know that Jesus still heals today. Hallelujah! He’s the same yesterday;
today, and forever. (See Hebrews 13:8.)
Jesus provides for us. In Matthew 14:15-21, Jesus had
been followed into a desert place by a multitude of people who
didn’t have anything to eat. He took a little boy’s lunch, blessed
it, and multiplied it. Then He fed thousands with five loaves and
two fishes. That’s what happens when Jesus shows up!
