The virgin Mary, mother of Jesus, preached a sermon once.It was very short.

The virgin Mary, mother of Jesus, preached a sermon once. It was very short. But it was to the point, and we need to listen to it often.

It was at the wedding in Cana, when the party ran out of wine and the host did not know what to do. Mary saw the difficulty, and immediately thought of Jesus. One wonders why she would think of Him--what did she think He could do?

The story is in John 2:1-11. It seems evident that she had learned to rely on Him as He was growing up in the home as being someone always willing and able to do something in every emergency to help the situation. Perhaps she thought that He could send some of His young disciples off to buy some wine. She apparently felt some responsibility because the wedding concerned relatives. Her own reputation for hospitality may have been involved. So she told Jesus, "They have no wine!" Jesus must have given her to understand, "Don't worry; I'll take care of the problem."

Then, turning to the perplexed servants, she preached her little sermon, "Whatsoever He says to you, do it!" Fortunately, they did just that, obeyed His instructions, and took to the "governor of the feast" the superb wine that Jesus had made by turning the water into wine.

Now, how does this little sermon apply to us? Does Jesus go to the trouble of telling each one of us specific things to "do"? Does He bother that much? Yes. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Jesus; He is the Vicar of Christ, His personal Representative here on earth. In John 16:7-11 Jesus describes how the Holy Spirit comes to each of us doing three things: (1) He convicts us of sin, so that He may heal us of it; (2) He convicts us of righteousness--that is, He convicts us of the "right" thing to do at all times, and (3) He convicts us of "judgment," that is, that Satan, the prince of this world, is cast out, defeated. Today, Jesus will "say" something to you, convict you of some duty. "Do it!"