BIBLE IN ONE YEAR Gen 40, Mark 10, Job 6, Romans 10
John 2:3 and when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, they have no wine.
Bible studies: John 2:1-11
Immediately the wine finished, the organizers of the party did
something interesting; they ran to Jesus. Instead of complaining to God
or blaming God or worse still ask God why me? They ran to Jesus. The
mistake most of us make when something goes wrong is we begin to
apportion blame to people. Apportioning blames never solve problems, it
only create enemies. When you blame people all you are doing is
destroying the opportunity of God using that fellow to bless you in the
future. Even if the individual is actually the cause of the problem,
blaming them will not solve it. Many instead of going on their knees to
pray begin to blame witches or wizards .Others even take it to another
level by making negative confessions. They begin to used words like ‘my
life is destroyed’, ‘finally my enemies have caught up with me’, ‘where
will I start from’,’ I am in trouble’. Using words like these never
solve problems, it only compounds it! Also complaining about our
challenges never solves it. Actually the more we talk about it the
bigger it becomes. One thing you should never do during challenges is
ask God why me? Many even ask God ‘is this how you are going to pay me
for all the things I have done for you- my offerings, my services, my
this and that?’ This is not a wise thing to do. If you have ever done
this before please apologize to Him.
John 2:3 says and when
they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, they have no wine.
From studying this verse you will notice that the people waited for the
wine to finish before crying for help. Why wait till the wine finishes
before going to Jesus? In 2 Kings 4:1-7 the widow waited until her
creditors began to threaten to sell her sons to pay of her debt before
running to Elisha. Stop waiting till something happens before you pray.
Don’t wait for challenges to come before you fast. Don’t wait for
something to go wrong before you start going to church every Sunday or
attend mid week services. Start fasting and praying now. Start attending
all the services now. Don’t wait a week before the exams before you
start praying. If the exam is in four months, start praying about it
now. Don’t wait till you begin to have challenges in the family, work or
home before you start asking God to uproot every tree He has not
planted in your life. Start asking Him to do that now before challenges
begin. Don’t wait until you are sick or begin to develop symptoms before
you go for medical checkup. Go for check up from time to time so that
if there are any concerns you can pray about it early. If you are over
the age of forty, make sure you check your blood pressure regularly and
do other necessary check up. Don’t wait for high blood pressure symptoms
or any other disease related symptoms before you go for medical check
–up. Many leave things too late; they rush to God in the last minute
expecting God to jump into action. God is always ready to act on our
behalf but it is wiser to take things to Him early. 1 Thessalonians 5:17
says pray without ceasing. It is not too early to begin to pray about
anything, actually the earlier the better.
KEY WORD: Don’t wait till the last minute before you run to God.
