What Happens When Jesus Shows Up?

Jesus walked into the wedding in Cana of Galilee and

what did they need there? They had run out of wine. His turning

the water into wine was a miracle, to be sure, but it wasn’t essential.

Nobody’s life depended upon the miracle. He was just showing

His glory. He was manifesting His power. John 2:11 says,

This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and

manifested forth his glory.

 

You ask, “What is Jesus doing in the meetings you conduct?”

Quite simply, He’s doing what He’s always done. He’s just

showing forth His glory and meeting the needs — big and small

— of the people. Jesus walked into that wedding feast and was

pushed into that miracle by His mother. He turned the water into

wine to manifest His glory and meet the need.

 

What does that tell you? It tells you that Jesus wants to

bless you. He is interested in the smallest details of your life. He

wants to take care of you. He wants to meet your every need, just

like He did for the disciples in Mark 4:35-41. Jesus is sleeping in

the back of the boat as He and His disciples are taking a cruise

across the lake. Alas, a storm arises and the waves roll and the

winds howl The disciples are afraid and they run back and awaken

Jesus.

 

What happened when Jesus showed up? He commanded,

“Peace, be still!” and the wind obeyed.

 

I want you to know, He can still calm the storms in your

life! It doesn’t matter what your storm looks like. It doesn’t matter

what you’re facing. Jesus still calms the storm for you.

You might think, “Well, maybe He’s sleeping in the back

of the boat. Then why don’t you just go lie down at the back of

the boat with Him and take a nap too? As long as He’s sleeping,

you can rest too. He’ll calm the storm for you.

 

After calming the storm,

Jesus and the disciples came to the country of the Gadarenes

where a man with an unclean spirit met Him. (See Mark 5:1-6.)

The devils possessing the man took one look at Jesus and said,

“Uh- oh, we have to go! We can’t stay here anymore! Where can

we go? Oh, there’s a bunch of swine; let’s go into those swine.”

The devils know they can’t stay around when Jesus walks in the

door.

 

In Matthew 9:2-8, He

walked up to a man with palsy and said, “Your sins are forgiven

you,” and he was healed. When Jesus shows up, it’s the absolute

opposite of when the Pharisees show up. When the Pharisees and

the Sadducees and the wouldn’t-sees and couldn’t-sees show up,

they bring rocks! They’re ready to stone you to death for your

sins. When Jesus shows up, He forgives sin! It’s easy for Him to

forgive sin and heal the sick because it’s His nature and His purpose

to forgive.

 

In Mark 5:25-34, a woman had been

sick for twelve years with an issue of blood. She had spent all

that she had on medical doctors, who were unable to help her.

When she heard that Jesus was going to pass by, she said, “If I

can just touch the hem of His garment, I’m going to be made

whole.”

 

As the woman touched the hem of Jesus’ garment, the

power of God, the anointing of the Holy Spirit that was on the life

and the ministry of Jesus, flowed out of Him into her, and she was

made whole. He said to her, Go in peace, and be whole of thy

plague (Mark 5:34).

 

When Jesus shows up, He’ll heal you. It doesn’t matter

what you’re facing. You might have an incurable disease right

now, a disease that has been diagnosed as terminal. I want you to

know that Jesus still heals today. Hallelujah! He’s the same yesterday;

today, and forever. (See Hebrews 13:8.)

 

Jesus provides for us. In Matthew 14:15-21, Jesus had

been followed into a desert place by a multitude of people who

didn’t have anything to eat. He took a little boy’s lunch, blessed

it, and multiplied it. Then He fed thousands with five loaves and

two fishes. That’s what happens when Jesus shows up!