faith like mary

i am studying john in my bible study and i read the story in john 2 about jesus' first miracle, turning the water into wine at the wedding at cana...

side note...the bible doesn't prohibit drinking alcohol (jesus drank wine and also never sinned) but the bible doesn't condone getting drunk. i choose not to drink because i don't like alcohol, but if i did, i can see how refraining from drinking it in front of others before you know where they are in their relationship with jesus could be considerate. and the bible DOES tell us to not cause someone to stumble. 1 cor 10:23

so anyway, mary, his mother, comes to him and tells him they have run out of wine. and jesus tells her it is not his time. but she says to the servants, 'do whatever he tells you.'

i was thinking about how she took her concern to jesus. and knew he could solve it. she wasn't complaining to him or wondering what could be done about it...she knew he had the power to fix it!

in contrast, when jesus fed the 4,000 people, the disciples did not show the same kind of faith. whey they realized how big the crowd was, they asked jesus how they were going to find enough food to feed them all. they brought their problem to jesus without really showing they knew and expected he would take care of it.

i hope to be more like mary.
when i bring a concern or a request to god,
i want to TRUST his plan.
and to KNOW how big he is.
and LISTEN to him.
and i want to 'do whatever he tells me!'