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It’s about My Father’s will and not my wishes. Luke 2:51,
“And He went down with them, and came to Nazareth; and He
continued in subjection to them; and His mother treasured all
these things in her heart.”
After Jesus said that to Mary, He began again to submit
to His parents. He did what they asked Him to do. He went
where they went and He acted according to their expectations.
He limited Himself to whatever His parents told Him. Brothers
and sisters in Christ, I told you that I chose this because it
changed my life. I want to show you how it was and how it is
now.
Jesus submitted to Mary. Believe it or not, Jesus
submitted to me. I decided that Jesus should go to this program,
so He came. I decided that I would visit the nursing home,
“Jesus, come along.” I decided to go to the prison, so I took
Jesus with me to the prison and He came. I decided to take
Jesus to the hospital with me, so He came. I used to do open air
preaching; I preached on the street corner. I said, “Jesus, today
we’re going to preach on the street corner and He obeyed.”
That was my expectation; where I am, there is Jesus.
Praise God, He showed up! He did come! He did bless! He
did miracles! It was wonderful! Jesus was listening to me.
Wherever I took Him, He went. I didn’t understand. John
2:2&3, “…and Jesus also was invited, and His disciples, to the
wedding. And when the wine gave out, the mother of Jesus said
to Him, ‘They have no wine.’” Jesus is now thirty years old.
From age twelve to thirty Jesus obeyed His parents. She had
the expectation of that but it’s going to change right now.
John 2:4, “And Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, what do I have
to do with you? My hour has not yet come.’” When Mary said,
“They have no wine,” I don’t think she was expecting a miracle
but I think she was expecting her son to go to the store and get
some wine. They ran out of wine. “Jesus, you do what I tell
you to do.” All of a sudden He said, “Woman, it’s over. What
do I have to do with you?” For the first time her eyes were
opened and her heart understood. She had pondered it all those
years and finally it dawned on her. The best thing Mary ever
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