Me and God.....what a great team!

One of my favorite speakers loves to tell the story about the night in March, 1990, that the Chicago Bulls were playing. Superstar Michael Jordan and a rookie on the team scored 70 points. It sounds great until you discover that Jordan scored 69 of those points.

In a post-game interview, the rookie, tongue in cheek, told the reporter that he would always remember this night as being the night he and Michael teamed up to score 70 points.

I've thought about that story often, as I fondly remember my friend. But recently this story took on a new meaning for me. I was reviewing some notes on the Gospel of John and discovered that in four of the seven miracles Jesus did in this Gospel, obedience on the part of someone else was needed.

In the Miracle where the water was turned to wine, the servants had to "do" what Jesus told them to do. Then when Jesus fed the multitude, the disciples needed to "serve" and the folks needed to "sit." Even the blind man had to "go" and "wash" the mud from his eyes before his sight would be restored. And finally, in the miracle of life itself, someone had to obey and "move" the rock, Lazarus had to "hop out" and then someone needed to "remove the grave clothes."

Nothing was too difficult, maybe worth only a point on the score book of miracles, but these actions were necessary to the miracle.

Nothing was outside the realm of what those folks could do. They didn't need special training or inside information. Kind of makes you think that all we need to do in order to see Christ miraculously work is the simple stuff.

I wonder if Moses ever talked about the time he and God parted the waters?

Always in Pursuit!