At
the Top of the List
I
recently read about an eight-year-old boy who had been invited to be a guest on
the Johnny Carson Tonight Show many years ago. Johnny and the guests correctly
guessed after a short conversation with this little boy, a hero being honored, that
he was a Christian.
The
Master of Ceremonies asked him what he had been studying in Sunday school. And
he told them they had just read how Jesus turned water into wine at a wedding.
The audience laughed, even roared.
Jesus
said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water: so they filled them to the
brim.
Then
he told them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.”
They
did so, and the master of the banquet tasted the water
that had been tuned into wine… John 2:7-9
NIV
.
It
was obvious the boy on the Johnny Carson show hadn’t really thought this
miracle through. Next he bowed his head in thought. You can imagine the
audience quietly waiting in anticipation. Then he looked up and said, “If
you’re going to have a wedding, make sure you invite Jesus!”
Just
as Jesus did at the wedding, He will do for us; work His miracles and wonders
behind the scenes of our daily lives.
When
we invite Jesus into every aspect of our daily life He is able to change our
deep sorrows to delight, our wounds to fresh wonder and our old stale thoughts
into new creative possibilities. It was a miracle to change water to wine, but
oh the joy in realizing, Jesus has the power to change anyone and anything-anywhere!
In
all our plans for a big event or for a simple day in our life, let us always
put Jesus at the top of our invitation list and bring Him along as our guest. Oh, just imagine what all He can do if we only
invite Him to!
“At
the Top of the List” by Dee Kamp, Grace Every Morning Ministries© May 1, 2013
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