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Women reveal the messiah

Not only was Mary responsible for the physical birth of Christ, but she also significantly factors in the birthing of His public ministry! While it is not clear when God's original timeline was for Jesus to officially start His public ministry, we do know this; When He attended the wedding feast in Matthew, He claims that “his time had not yet come.”

John 2:1-5 The first public miracle at Cana On the third day, there was a wedding at Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there; and both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding. When the wine was all gone, the mother of Jesus said to Him, “They have no more wine.” Jesus said to her, “Dear woman, what is that to you and Me? My time to act and to be revealed has not yet come.” His mother said to the servants, “Whatever He says to you, do it.”

I found this story both exciting and significant on so many levels!

1. Firstly we see how Mary essentially seems to have altered the original timing of God's public ministry. She identified a need, saw a problem, and responded by her most natural instinct, which was to “pull forth” the revelation of Jesus! I personally loved this about Mary. She was not going to keep silent and passive when she knew that the solution, THE answer himself (to any situation), was sitting in their midst.

2. And secondly, I love how God responds in this story. Instead of reprimanding her or ignoring her request, He chooses to respond to her Faith and desire to make a difference in her situation by performing His first public miracle!

Womankind, this is a picture of who you are and, more importantly, how God sees you! You are redeemed by the Lord, redeemed from the disgrace of sin and shame and redeemed from the gullibility of deception, doubt, and misunderstanding.

You are not the woman that said yes to the serpent; you are the woman that said YES to God!

Yes, to partnering with God to bring forth His purposes into the earth and birthing the Savior of this world! And Yes, you are also the woman that reveals Christ's works to the world in times of lack, confusion, and darkness. You are the woman that chooses not to sit back idly and be silent when the world around you doesn’t know what to do but instead to actively pull forth Jesus into any and every situation! He is the answer, and we will not be silent about whom we have in our midst!

In the following chapters, we will explore how Jesus' specific encounters with different women are intentional and powerful, redeeming particular qualities of our gender, making Him the greatest liberator of women in all of history!

- Excerpt from the book "The greatest women's liberator - Jesus!