And they filled them up to the brim. And He said to them, Draw some out now, and take it to the master of the feast. And they took it. When the master of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and did not know where it came from ( but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom, (the Gospel of John 3:7-10).
That was the first sign that Jesus had accomplished. Now, what is this symbolism representing? May it possibly be His complete purpose from the Father towards us? What do the waterpots represent?
Wow, you are riding with the Lord in His boat. It has been so long. You are so excited…. His gaze is steady on you. You are waiting for some Word from Him. The adversity that was there before, is still there, but you are overcoming the effects. You think you are doing pretty well….. You wait…. His eyes are so penetrating. You ask Him, without thinking first….. Is there something in me that You don’t like?
You cannot believe that came out of your mouth. He smiles at you. You forgot that nothing is hidden from Him. He knew what you thought…. Gulp! He said My Spirit will complete the task of cleaning out My home in you, child. Obey His words to you at all cost. Do not reason or weigh His instructions, just hear and do. Do not be stiffnecked. As you do hear and obey, the dross of the world will fall away and you will be shining the reflection of Me, Your Lord. He is the Father’s promise of My gift to you.
He is the Illuminator of you and of Me. Let Him have His way in you for your love of Me. He will teach all things that are to come. He will reveal things unknown that pertain to Me and the Kingdom of God. You are Mine, and I want you to grow into Our Father’s business. He is Your Instructor of all the ancient ways and paths that will increase your heart to love and obey God completely . You will bring much joy and glory to God, child. Your life in Me is full of courage and bravery……. You are full of the zeal of Your Father’s house. You question, I am? He says, yes, child, in Me, all this is possible and My plan.
You keep looking for Me in all you do. In these actions I am well pleased, however, as you grow in Me, the battles for your destruction will also increase, so in all your getting, get My understanding. Follow My lead so that My Gift will be bestowed upon and in you….Trust My way, it is the only way to bring glory to God. I have called you to be hundred fold ground….. only by My Spirit will this be done…. My will for you. Remember, I make all things new…. nothing of the old will remain…. Christ will be all in all.
Now, you are back in your room, with the open book of the Word of God. You write down what has happened. This meeting was another heavy one. Wow! Father, give me the courage that Jesus Christ says I have….in Him. Thank You for Your Holy Spirit establishing me into Your kingdom and out of mine.
When He opened the third seal, I heard the living creature say, “Come and see.” So I looked and behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, ” A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not hurt the oil and the wine,” (the Book of Revelation 6:5-6).
Why would the black horse carry a weighing scale? What do you think God is trying to show us here? What is, or shall I ask, who is the oil and the wine?
Those who have His Holy Spirit are not touched. Remember the resurrection power that rose Jesus Christ from the dead is the life that lives inside of us, if we have the Holy Spirit. He always represents the oil and turns our lives into wine from the water in the waterpots…..We have the True Bread of God, Jesus Christ and His Spirit is within us.
This is the plan and the work of God. God does not want His work in us destroyed. Our lives glorify Him and reflects His life, His Son. Remember, our only hope of glory is Christ in us, my paraphrase of Colossians 1:27.
The winepress does not feel so good to the grapes, nor does any kind of persecution or adversity for the Word’s sake, feel good to us. However, it is producing the fragrance that is very pleasing to our God. We have to go the way of the cross, as our Leader. There is no way around it, if you think there is, you are deceived. We cannot know the heights of His love without experiencing the depths of His love…… and His suffering.
So this black horse’s rider is holding the scales. He is measuring the bread of this world by the currency of this world. What did our Leader and King do when faced with a famine, even though it was of His own will?
We can refer to Jesus in the wilderness as the devil tried to tempt Him. No matter how hungry the Lord was, He lived by the Spirit of God’s power and by the Words of God…. The Gospel of Matthew 4;3-4, Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, if you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread. But He answered and said, it is written, man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.
This is our example to live through and overcome against famines and hardships or any adversity….. Our God will supply all our needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus, ( Philippians 4;19)…… Is that enough for us?
Let us not be like the Israelites who craved Egypt’s goodies rather than live by God’s word and supply in the wilderness. They witnessed so many mighty acts of God’s hand for them, yet, it wasn’t enough for their hardened hearts to delight just in Him…..
We will spend our days here on this earth either filling up with the goodies of this world or filling up in the goodness of the Lord by His Word and His Spirit. We will be measured or weighed on our hearing and obeying His word that His Spirit gives us now to live by….Our renewed and changed lives will reflect who’s image we are pursuing.
We make choices every minute: are they towards God as being obedient children living in love towards Him or we are living for ourselves by the words of this world, that, beloved, will lead to famine and death as we grow away from Him.
Jesus Christ still has His arms out wide. Can you hear His calling? Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and my burden is light, (Matthew 11;28-20).
Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord, ( 2 Corinthians 3;17-18).
This is the Lord’s will for us, His Spirit reigns in our lives by the Word of God. So when the black horse with his rider comes knocking on our door, we can say to him……. It is written, man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. Go away, rider, for we are a house filled with the Lord’s wine and oil. Jesus Christ is King in our lives and reigns here alone.
Selah!
