A Divine Connection
1. John 15:1-8
2. Gen 40:1-14
3. John 2.1-10
4. Ps: 128
Every one of us we carry a cell or mobile phone with us always, every phone has a network connection in the form of sin card. The sim card carries your personal information’s like phone number your data storage etc. when you call from your mobile phone the connection goes out through your sim to the network tower from there it is transmitted to the other network where you are calling and you get connected the person with whom you want to be connected.
In the same way we need a divine connection in our life in order to be receive an anointing from God.
1. Connection make you do as He says (John 2.:1-10)
Speaks about the wedding that took place in cana where Jesus was invited and also the mother of Jesus was invited. The was good and everything was going good suddenly the wine went off in that wedding celebration.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF SOMETHING GOES OUT IN A WEDDING CEREMONY?
Every one who came to the wedding will speak badly, this will be remembered for ages. It will be a dishonor for the people.
Vs: 3-4 = the mother of Jesus comes running to Jesus and says son the wine in the wedding is over do something but Jesus replied and said my time has not come.
The mother of Jesus knew that Jesus can do a miracle. So she goes to servants there and says to stay in connected with.
Vs. 5
Stay in connected with him and do all that he says. She knew when we stay connected with him He can do something new. That was the reason she say stay connected with Him and do what he says.
Illustration
A young man went to seek an important position at a large printing company. He passed the initial interview and was going to meet the director for the final interview. The director saw his resume, it was excellent. And asked,'
"Have you received a scholarship for school?" The boy replied, "No". 'It was your father who paid for your studies? '' Yes.' He replied. ‘Where does your father work? ‘‘My father is a Blacksmith' The Director asked the young man to show him his hands. The young man showed a pair of hands soft and perfect.
'Have you ever helped your parents at their job? '
'Never, my parents always wanted me to study and read more books. Besides, he can do the job better than me.
The director said:
'I have got a request: When you go home today, go and wash the hands of your father and then come see me tomorrow morning.'
The young man felt his chance to get the job was high.
When he returned to his house he asked his father if he would allow him to wash his hands. His father felt strange, happy, but with mixed feelings and showed his hands to his son. The young man washed his hands, little by little. It was the first time that he noticed his father's hands were wrinkled and they had so many scars. Some bruises were so painful that his skin shuddered when he touched them.
This was the first time that the young man recognized what it meant for this pair of hands to work every day to be able to pay for his studies. The bruises on the hands were the price that his father payed for his education, his school activities and his future. After cleaning his father's hands the young man stood in silence and began to tidy and clean up the workshop. That night, father and son talked for a long time.
The next morning, the young man went to the office of the director. The Director noticed the tears in the eyes of the young man when He asked him, 'Can you tell me what you did and what you learned yesterday at your house? 'The boy replied: 'I washed my father's hands and when I finished I stayed and cleaned his workshop.'
'Now I know what it is to appreciate and recognize that without my parents, I would not be who I am today. By helping my father I now realize how difficult and hard it is to do something on my own. I have come to appreciate the importance and the value in helping my family.
The director said, "This is what I look for in my people. I want to hire someone who can appreciate the help of others, a person who knows the hardship others go through to accomplish things, and a person who realizes that money is not his only goal in life".
'You are hired'.
2. Connection make you abide in his word: (Gen : 3: 8-9)
In the beginning when God created man God placed the man and women in the garden of Eden with some do’s and don’ts. Every day God used to come to the garden of eden and meet the man and the women.
The connection between God and man was so strong with walked connected in the Garden of Eden
God walked with Adam and Eve in the Garden (Gen. 3:8).
1. What does it mean for God to walk with them.
1. It means closeness, intimacy, and communion.
2. Picture this. Adam and Eve and God literally walking next to each other in perfect harmony.
3. Because He loved them.
4. Because He wanted fellowship with them.
3. Connection make God remember you: (Gen : 40: 1-14)
Joseph was in the person for the accusation that was put on him for the mistake which he did not commit, now he gets a chance in the prison to be connected with he get in connected with the butler who was put in to the prison.
When we stay connected with God He remembers us and send hand to help us. Joseph stayed in connected with God so God sent a help into the prison to stay connected.
Illustration
D.L. Moody made a covenant with God that he would witness for Christ to at least one person each day. One night, about ten o- clock, he realized that he had not yet witnessed; so he went out in to the street and spoke to a man standing by a lamppost, asking him, "Are you a Christian?" The man flew into a violent rage and threatened to knock Moody into the gutter. Later, that same man went to an elder in the church and complained that Moody was "doing more harm in Chicago than ten men were doing good." The elder begged Moody to temper his zeal with knowledge. Three months later, Moody was awakened at the YMCA by a man knocking at the door. It was the man he had witnessed to. "I want to talk to you about my soul," he said to Moody. He apologized for the way he had treated Moody and said that he had had no peace ever since that night on Lake Street when Moody witnessed to him. Moody led the man to Christ and he became a zealous worker in the Sunday school.
Conclusion
1. Connection makes you do what he says
2. Connection makes you abide in his words
3. Connection makes God remember you
