Expecting Some "First Time" Miracles | John Giftah | Inspirational Christian Sermon

Do you ever look around and think, Wow, the world is a crazy

place and it just seems to get crazier and crazier. Ease your mind and

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Gifta International. Welcome to Fuel for the Soul with John Gifta. See many

times when you go to life, are looking at our life and you're maybe

that our visions God has shown you, or dreams God placed in your desires,

God has deposited in your spirit, or there is some promise from the

Lord that you know that this is from God, but it seems too far

out, and you know, in natural circumstances, when you look at it,

it seems like this has never happened before, you know, to anybody

I know, or anybody in my circle, in my community, in my

vicinity, nobody in my family line. I don't have what it takes.

And you may have been a place where you say it has never happened around

so I'm not sure if it's possible for it to happen for me. You

know, maybe it's just me, Maybe I'm dreaming too big, Maybe it's

me having a wrong mindset or approach to it's this. Maybe this is not

what God actually intends. Or maybe there could be people talking you out of

things because they experienced a lot of discouragement and their hopes being crushed, and

so they think that it's not going to happen and they want you to be

safe. You know, as a minister of the gospel, I've shared this

many times. How you know, my family was not okay with me doing

ministry. And one of the things I used to often hear is is never

going to happen. It's not going to happen. It's not going to become

international, it's not going to work out. You're you're just going to get

your hopes crushed. These are kind of terminologies I keep hearing every now and

then saying that it's not going to happen. You know, you only dream

too bake, It's it's not going to work out. It's you just think

you don't understand the seriousness of it and all of those things. Now,

to be honest, yes, I don't come from a lineage of ministers.

I don't come from a family of supporting people towards my calling and all of

those things. That's true. But here's the thing I want you to understand.

Just because it didn't happen to others, just because it didn't happen to

somebody else, it does not automatically mean that it's not going to happen for

you. Okay, I want to just start off by sharing an important thing

with you. When you look at John chapter two, it really caught my

attention. That's the incident when Jesus turned water into wine. Right. We

always look at this moment when the wine runs out and Mary, the mother

of Jesus, goes to Jesus and says the wine is running out, and

Jesus says, my time is not yet come women, and eventually he turns

water into wine and all of those things. The miracle happens, and we

focus on that. But something really caught my attention. Verse eleven is saying

this miracle as sign at Cana in Galilee was the first time Jesus revealed his

glory and his disciples believed in him. This was the first time Jesus revealed

his glory. Right now, till this moment, Jesus had not done a

miracle before. He's not done any miracle before. Now you may say,

yes, how did the disciples believe in him before? In the sense they

followed Jesus because of his words. They were like, wow, this teacher,

he's able to speak really nice things, so they followed him. They

saw the prophetic hand like if you see this a couple of verses before in

chapter one, actually Nathaniel sees how you know Jesus operated in the prophetic telling

him about how he saw him under the victory, and he was astonished,

How did you know I was under the victory? And he knew that Jesus

had the prophetic power. So they could see the prophetic part of it.

They could see the you know that Jesus was wise, he was a teacher.

And the fact of how John the Baptist you know, testifies and says,

you know, this is the wine coming after me, and he's going

to baptize you with the Holy Spirit, and all of those things are true,

but I want to focus on this important part. That Jesus performed his

first miracle supernatural act here at the wedding in Canada, And what really caught

my attention was when the wine ran out? What made Mary go and tell

Jesus about it? What made Mary go and tell Jesus that the wine got

over? What was she expecting of Jesus to do, because remember, Jesus

has never done a supernatural miracle before. Even if this was right after any

other miracle in the world that Jesus had performed. Even if Jesus had performed

even a single miracle before, there was a chance that made he told Jesus

that a wine was running out because she knew that Jesus could do something about

it, that Jesus had the power. But in this case, when Jesus

has never performed a miracle before, what made her tell him about it?

Was it just casual conversation saying, hey, the wine got over? Or

was it like I know, I'm you're not done miracles before, but what

if this could be the one? What if this time it's going to be

different? You know, I want you to understand this important thing. Of

course, when I ask you. You'll all testify, every single one of

you will testify and say, yes, the Lord has done something in my

life. God has shown up in my life. Although that you would say,

but that is a level when I say, you would say, I

don't think such a big thing can happen in my life. I'm not seeing

such a big, big, big miracle in my life. There are miracles

in my life, but not big, big, bigcle I not see John.

And here is a classic moment when you see Mary has not seen Jesus

do any miracle. Nobody has seen any Jesus do any miracle. But Mary

still had the audacity to go and tell Jesus this was the problem. What

was she expecting of Jesus. Did she know Jesus was going to turn water

into wine? Did she know that Jesus had the power to bring wine somehow?

Or was she just telling Jesus like passing information? What was she doing?

And just because Jesus had not gone a miracle till that moment did not

mean he did not do a miracle. Then what I want you to understand

is just because it didn't work out before, just because things didn't happen the

way you thought it should before. Just because things didn't spring out the way

you expected it to before, just because you were disappointed before, just because

other people were disappointed before. Just because other people did not see their dreams

come to pass or their visions become a reality, or they died before they

could see the promises become fulfilled in their life, does not mean it is

going to be the same case for you. There is a difference today.

I want you to get this in desperate even like Mary, if you just

told Jesus this is my heart, maybe like just passing on information to him.

You have no idea what God can do, whether you know that God

is going to do it in a certain way or not that secondary. But

if you would just be in that relationship with the Lord and say, God,

I know I'm not seeing that level of miracles in my life before.

But just because I'm not seeing it does not mean it's not going to happen.

This could be that one miracle moment. This could be the first miracle

moment like that. This could be the first miracle movement of that degree.

This could be the one. This could be the start of something new.

Can you make that your commitment? Can you have that perspective today, and

I'm sure that you will never be disappointed because when you put your hope,

your trust, your reliance upon God, he will not put you to shame

those who put their hope and those who have that faith. Abraham believed God

and it was accounting to him as righteousness. The scripture says, think about

it. When you believe God and walk in that faith, people may think

you're crazy, they think you've lost your mind, but you're going to experience

these moments, these miracles that will make you feel like, Wow, I'm

glad I didn't give up before. I'm glad I told Jesus about it.

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