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ISAIAH 62:1-5

1 CORINTHIANS 12:1-11

JOHN 2:1-11

REFLECTION

The theme for our reflection is “the workings of God”. Workings is the manner in which a machine or system operates, therefore the workings of God refers to the manner in which God operates in the affairs of people. We discover three workings of God in today’s reflection:

1. God saves
2. God equips and empowers
3. God intervenes

Firstly, as part of the workings of God, He saves those who call on Him in times of trouble and restores them. In the first Scripture reading, Isaiah brings good news of God’s promised salvation to the nation Israel at the time of Assyrian invasion and captivity. My dear friend in the Lord, hard times and times of despair may hit us in life, it maybe through our own disobedience or the orchestration of the enemy. Our greatest consolation and hope is that in God’s workings in our lives He has a plan to save and restore us to a state of peace and joy. “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you, declares the LORD, and I will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and all the places where I have driven you, declares the LORD, and I will bring you back to the place from which I sent you into exile.” (Jeremiah 29:11-14)

Secondly, as part of the workings of God, he does not only save and restore but equips and empowers through the gifts of the Holy Spirit. It is for this reason Paul teaches in the second scripture reading that “For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills.” (1 Corinthians 12:8-11)

Thirdly, those who invite Jesus into their lives and affairs experience the workings of God through miracles. In the third Scripture reading, John 2:1-11, a couple invited Jesus and the mother to their wedding, when wine was in shortage, the presence of Jesus averted a situation of scarcity and brought about refreshment, joy and abundance. When you invite Jesus into your life, God intervenes and makes the impossibility possible.. Abraham and Sarah were told “Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you, about this time next year, and Sarah shall have a son.” (Genesis 18:14). God intervenes, no condition is permanent!

In conclusion beloved in Lord, the workings of God are numerous but in today’s reflection we have be reminded that God saves those who call upon Him, He equips and empowers them through the gifts of the Holy Spirit, He intervenes and makes the impossible possible. May the Holy Spirit keep manifesting the workings of God in our lives. Amen

Jean-Paul Agidi(Rev)