Ahead of Schedule

I don't think I have ever planned on waking up at 2:45 in the morning.
Today was no different than any other day.
I did not "plan" on waking up at 2:45 am Central Time.
But...
Here I am...
Awake...
at 2:45 am Central time!!!
And now it is 4:00 am Central Time as I stare at the blank computer screen before me.
My head aches.
My eyes itch.
And my mind is going 148 miles an hour.

How is it that most nights I go to bed and don't hardly move a muscle until the alarm goes off at 5:00 am (so I can get up and write the blog!!!)?

For whatever reason...
today...
I am ahead of schedule!

My iWitness...

Does God ever show up ahead of schedule?

It certainly seems that the ministry of Jesus started a little bit ahead of schedule.
You see...
There was this wedding.
Then there was this reception.
There was a lot of wine.
Then all of a sudden someone had the sense to notice that the wine was running out.
Good "wedding reception hosts" don't run out of wine for their invited guests.
What would the local "Gossip Columnist" say if the biggest wedding of the weekend ran out of wine!!!??
The tension in this story is gripping!!
Potential societal embarrassment is on the horizon.
Certain ostracization (is that even a word - my computer doesn't think so... but "hey"... it's 4:00 am... who cares?) is about to take place.
The good family name will be ruined.

And then...
And then...
Mary comes to the rescue!
She approaches her son, "Hey Jesus, um, um, I don't know if you have noticed, but this party is about to come to a screeching halt and we haven't even danced to the "Hokey Pokey" yet! Please, for the love of Pete (whoever Pete is...) do something."
"Come on mom. You know my time hasn't come yet..." responds Jesus.
But you know how moms can give that "look."
"Jesus?"
"Mom?"
"Jesus?"
"Ok mom...."
You probably know the rest of the story.
Jesus turns about 150 gallons of water into wine.
Not the "Two buck Chuck" kind of wine.
Oh no!
This is the Napa Valley Cakebread Chardonnay kind of wine.
The wedding party guests look at each other in disbelief. They raise their newly filled glasses and the next day's gossip column headline reads, "Wedding Party saves Best Wine for Last!"
Family name is saved!
Societal embarrassment avoided!
Party still going on long past the newspaper's deadline...
All because, Jesus was a little ahead of schedule.
So...
If Jesus shows up a little ahead of schedule for you today, maybe, just maybe his whole message to you is the same message he had a couple of thousand years ago...

"Let's keep this party going!"

And that's my iWitness...
Laugh often and Fear not!
David!

On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. ² Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples. ³ When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” ⁴ And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet come.” ⁵ His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”
⁶ Now there were six stone water jars there for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. ⁷ Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” And they filled them up to the brim. ⁸ And he said to them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast.” So they took it. ⁹ When the master of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom ¹⁰ and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine. But you have kept the good wine until now.” ¹¹ This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory. And his disciples believed in him. (John 2. 1-11)