Giving Your Best (John 2)
Have you ever given someone second best, because you were pressured to do something nice for them? Well, not Jesus. In John 2 in the Bible, we find him at a wedding. When the wine runs out his mom wants him to make more. She knows he can, and she persists. So, he turns water into wine. Good wine! In those situations, I'm tempted to give second best and do it begrudgingly. But not Jesus. He gives the best. Let's be like this because when grace gives its best, others notice-and they drink it in.
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Have you ever given someone second best, because you were pressured to do something nice for them? Well, not Jesus. In John 2 in the Bible, we find him at a wedding. When the wine runs out his mom wants him to make more. She knows he can, and she persists. So, he turns water into wine. Good wine! In those situations, I'm tempted to give second best and do it begrudgingly. But not Jesus. He gives the best. Let's be like this because when grace gives its best, others notice-and they drink it in.
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Ron Deal
Ron L. Deal is one of the most widely read and viewed experts on blended families in the country. He is Director of FamilyLife Blended® for FamilyLife®, founder of Smart Stepfamilies™, and the author and Consulting Editor of the Smart Stepfamily Series of books including the bestselling Building Love Together in Blended Families: The 5 Love Languages® and Becoming Stepfamily Smart (with Dr. Gary Chapman), The Smart Stepfamily: 7 Steps to a Healthy Family, and Preparing to Blend. Ron is a licensed marriage and family therapist, popular conference speaker, and host of the FamilyLife Blended podcast. He and his wife, Nan, have three sons and live in Little Rock, Arkansas. Learn more at FamilyLife.com/blended.
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Do you always give your best?
Ron: Do you always give your best?
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Ron: Ok, have you ever given someone second best, because you were pressured into doing something nice for them? Well, not Jesus. In John 2 in the Bible, we find him at a wedding. When the wine runs out his mom wants him to make more. She knows he can, but the timing is not right for him. But, she persists. So, he turns water into wine. Good wine!
Now in those situations, I’m tempted to give second best. You know, do it begrudgingly, just to make a point. But not Jesus. He gives the best. Let’s be like this because when grace gives its best, others notice—and they drink it in. For FamilyLife Blended I’m Ron Deal.
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