Speaker 1: Most of us eat every day, some of us too
much because yesterday's food is not enough to supply energy
for today's needs. Why then, do some of us expect
yesterday's portion of heavenly manna, the Word of God to
keep us through today's challenges. On this program, we are
going to change all of that. Let's experience God's words
today and receive the power we need to live healthy,
vibrant lives. Welcome to your Daily Portion with your host,
author speaker, Elle David Harris.
Speaker 2: Good morning, Good morning, Good morning. It is Sunday, September
twenty nine, twenty twenty four. Hello, my name is Elle
David Harris. I am your host, and this is your
Daily Portion where we give you guns word every single
day and today is no exception. We are continuing in
our new Lesson study series through the Gospel of John
and our caption for today is the wedding at Kina.
Some people say Khana the wedding at Cana. Will get
into that in just a moment, but first I'd like
to say happy new week to you, and I'm thankful
that God has given us the privilege to work at
this time and yeah, earn a living serve people who
need to know God and everything else that we need
to do as we look forward to the coming of Christ.
And I'm asking you before we get into everything, to
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pray and watch and watch and pray as Jesus is
on his way very soon, and spread the gospel where
you are spread the gospel. It won't be long. Now,
let's go ahead and pray and then get under way. Father,
we thank you for this day. Help us to be
receptive to your will, and then do it in Jesus name,
I pray, Amen and Amen again. So the first question
that I need you to consider is are you willing
to allow God to transform you? I need to ask
and answer the same question for myself. Am I willing
for God to transform me? Okay? And so this comes
from the Bible Book of John, Bible Book of John,
chapter two and beginning at verse one, and the Bible reads,
now on the third day there was a wedding at
Cana in Galilee. Now on the third day that phrase,
if I were you, I would look that up. What
was whatever happens in the Bible on the third day.
I want you to research and see how many times
the third day is referenced, and see what kinds of
things happened on the third day in scripture. It will
be a fascinating study. So on the third day there
was a wedding at Cana in Galilee. Jesus, Jesus's mother
was there, and Jesus and his disciples were also invited
to the wedding. When the wine ran out, Jesus's mother
said to him, they have no wine left, so she's
making a statement. Okay, they have no wine left. Jesus
replied in a way that I would have likely replied, woman,
why are you saying this to me? My time is
not yet come. His mother told the servants. It's almost
like she ignored him. It feels like she ignored him.
And I don't mean ignored in a negative way. She
was just like, m hmm, all right. So whatever Jesus
tells you to do, this is what she's saying to
the servants. Whatever he tells you to do, do it.
Verse six. Now there were six stone water jars. Why six?
Therefore Jewish ceremonial washing, each holding twenty or thirty gallons.
Jesus told the servants. You see, he said, why are
you telling me this? My time is not yet come.
She says, do whatever he says, and then he starts
to tell the servants something to do. It's interesting watching
Jesus in his powers as the Son of God or
God the son part of me, and to see him
functioning in the human element as well. It's very interesting
to me. So fill the water jars. So they filled
them up to the brim, and he told them, now
draw some out and take it to the master of
the banquet. Some what Jesus, Draw some out and then
take it to the master of the banquet. What Jesus,
What did they put into the jar? The jars, the
water jars. They put in water, twenty or thirty gallons
of water in six water jars. Jesus says, draw some
out and then give it to the master of the banquet.
What is he going to draw? What are they going
to draw out and give to the master? Well they
did it and verse nine. So when the master of
the banquet tasted the water, wait a minute, that had
been what transformed. The Bible says that the water had
been turned into way and did not know where it
came from, because he didn't buy it. He didn't bring
it there. He knew that that I mean, he didn't
what though the servants who had drawn the water new
The master of the banquet called the bridegroom and said
to him, everyone serves the good wine first, then the
cheaper wine after the guests are drunk. So neither the
master knows where it's coming from neither the bridegroom knows
where it's coming from. The servants did why because they
know who Jesus is. You have kept the good wine
until now. Of course, this wine is not fermented. It's
not to get nobody drunk. I wish I had the
time to deal with that in detail. But I just
need to be clear that Jesus is not creating wine
that even has the possibility of getting anybody inebriated. I
wish I had the time. Verse eleven. Jesus did this
as the first of his signs in Cana of Galilee.
He revealed his glory and his disciples believed in him.
What do you mean by he revealed his glory? John Well,
the miracle revealed the glory. Can I say that one
more time? The miracle revealed the glory. So Jesus transformed
the good. And here in Jamaica, land we love. We
say that water is life. I am obsessed by pottable
drinking water, and I love to see bodies of water
that are beautiful and somewhere you can maybe swim or
take a dip or bathe even right, And so Jesus
takes the ordinary, He transforms the good or the ordinary
into the great or extraordinary. You see, the people could
have been sustained by water. Jesus is the water of life, right,
he is the actual water of life. But the Bible
says that when Jesus was was stabbed in his side,
as he was about to give his life for us,
water and blood flowed freely from him. I heard there
is a song that says there is a fountain filled
with blood drawn from Emmanuel's veins, and sinners plunged beneath
that flood lose all their guilty stains. And so now
we see where God is transforming the water into the
symbol of his blood, so that the people who are
experiencing him miraculously can be transformed. The Bible says that
Jesus revealed his glory to his disciples and they believed him. So,
so why did he do this miracle so that people
would believe? Are you willing to do whatever God tells
you to do so that you can be transformed from
good to great? And then that people may believe in him.
Not believe in me because I have a large social
media or YouTube following. Not believe in me because I
put some filter over my face. In TikTok or some
other platform, so people will get the wrong impression of
who I actually am. So I can I don't know,
generate billions and millions of dollars in income so that
I can continue to be like a quote influencer or
content creator. No disrespect to people who do that, but
the point is that sometimes human beings are satisfied with
good and they draw people to themselves for good. What
Jesus did in this moment was to transform good to
great so that people can believe. Allow Jesus to transform you,
and then people will believe in him. Peace.
Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us listening. Friends. Always remember we cannot
live by bread alone, but by every word that comes
from the mouth of God. This has been your daily
portion with El David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,