Secrets
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at 04:45PM
I remember those early days on the playground when a juicy secret was usually offered only with a double cross of the heart and a promise to stick a needle in an eye if not kept. Growing up with two siblings, I had plenty of chances to keep (and even more often leak) little secrets. There was always such an excitement that came from the keeping to the telling.
When someone confides in me today I don’t usually have to cross and pledge, but it’s really not that different. Years later I think I can honestly say I’ve learned the value of keeping confidences without the need for crosses or needles. I have also learned that when someone confides in me, it deepens the bond between us. It conveys the message that this person considers me trustworthy and that he / she is willing to place in my possession something that is of great value to him. More often than not, I am far more touched by the gesture than I am by the secret itself. To be told a secret is about being chosen, set apart because a secret by its very nature is something that is not known to everyone.
Being entrusted with a secret by someone is an awesome privilege; being entrusted with a secret by God Himself is the ultimate.
In John 2:1-11 we get a glimpse of Jesus at the wedding of a friend and are privy to His very first miracle. The wine runs out early, and at the request of His mother Jesus instructs the servants to fill six stone jars with water then to serve some to the master of the reception. What must have gone through their minds? They knew what they had put into those jars. As we read on, we learn that the master of the reception not only drank water that had been turned into wine, but was shocked that the bridegroom had saved his best for the end of the party. But did you see it?
“He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew.”
In the midst of the live music, honored guests, fancy clothes, a bride, bridegroom, and master, the lowly servants were the ones who held the sacred knowledge of where this wine had come from!
The servants’ job that day in Cana was more than likely what they did everyday. They held one of the most humble and lowly positions in life, but in the end they enjoyed something more precious than anyone else in the room; the intimate confidence of the Savior. They listened to the voice of Jesus and quietly filled His request, and in the midst of their faithful service received a revelation they could have never imagined.
I am challenged by their faithful service, and eager response to the voice of Christ. Out of all those that were in that place, God chose to reveal Himself through a miracle to those who were simply obeying in the “dailyness” of life.
Enjoy Him this week,
Kelly
I remember those early days on the playground when a juicy secret was usually offered only with a double cross of the heart and a promise to stick a needle in an eye if not kept. Growing up with two siblings, I had plenty of chances to keep (and even more often leak) little secrets. There was always such an excitement that came from the keeping to the telling.
When someone confides in me today I don’t usually have to cross and pledge, but it’s really not that different. Years later I think I can honestly say I’ve learned the value of keeping confidences without the need for crosses or needles. I have also learned that when someone confides in me, it deepens the bond between us. It conveys the message that this person considers me trustworthy and that he / she is willing to place in my possession something that is of great value to him. More often than not, I am far more touched by the gesture than I am by the secret itself. To be told a secret is about being chosen, set apart because a secret by its very nature is something that is not known to everyone.
Being entrusted with a secret by someone is an awesome privilege; being entrusted with a secret by God Himself is the ultimate.
In John 2:1-11 we get a glimpse of Jesus at the wedding of a friend and are privy to His very first miracle. The wine runs out early, and at the request of His mother Jesus instructs the servants to fill six stone jars with water then to serve some to the master of the reception. What must have gone through their minds? They knew what they had put into those jars. As we read on, we learn that the master of the reception not only drank water that had been turned into wine, but was shocked that the bridegroom had saved his best for the end of the party. But did you see it?
“He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew.”
In the midst of the live music, honored guests, fancy clothes, a bride, bridegroom, and master, the lowly servants were the ones who held the sacred knowledge of where this wine had come from!
The servants’ job that day in Cana was more than likely what they did everyday. They held one of the most humble and lowly positions in life, but in the end they enjoyed something more precious than anyone else in the room; the intimate confidence of the Savior. They listened to the voice of Jesus and quietly filled His request, and in the midst of their faithful service received a revelation they could have never imagined.
I am challenged by their faithful service, and eager response to the voice of Christ. Out of all those that were in that place, God chose to reveal Himself through a miracle to those who were simply obeying in the “dailyness” of life.
Enjoy Him this week,
Kelly
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