March 11

I want to weave both the OT and the NT readings together today. In Exodus 40 it says 7 times that Moses did “as the Lord commanded”, and then this happened;

Exodus 40:34 (NIV)
34 Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

In John 2 we read about Jesus turning water into wine. Mary said to the servants, “do whatever he (Jesus) tells you.” When they did, the miracle of wine – the best wine – coming from ordinary water happened, and then it says this;

John 2:11 (NIV)
11 This, the first of his miraculous signs, Jesus performed at Cana in Galilee. He thus revealed his glory, and his disciples put their faith in him.

It should be obvious that when we do as the Lord commands, it puts us in the best possible position for a miracle and for God to reveal His glory in us, through us or around us. Here is the kicker in these two accounts: God takes ordinary things, raw materials if you will, and makes them into something extraordinarily different and thus reveals His glory. The tent was made up of common materials of this earth, and the water was from the earth. The tent became the dwelling place of God Himself and the water was transformed (without the help of any earthly compound) into the best wine!

God’s plan in us is to take our base earthly compound and transform us into a revelation of His glory and dwell within us! Is that crazy or what? Sure He will perform miracles through us, but we need to get this first – WE are the miracle! We are the transformed people of His great power and love! We are not the same! So let’s believe, think and act like we are those transformed people, not just laying aside those fleshly things that we all could list, but putting on the mind of Christ and walking around like the transformed people that we are!