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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 said is in John 2:5, “His mother said to the
servants, ‘Whatever He says to you, do it.’”