Turning Water into Wine – Everyday!
August 31st, 2007 | Michael Q. Pink
You know what the biggest, most amazing secret of the rainforest is? It’s how it takes water and air and light and makes wood and leaves and fruit and flowers. You can’t do that in the lab. It’s never been duplicated. Jesus turned water into wine for the wedding feast of Cana. That was a miracle. But in a very real sense, that miracle occurs every day but at a much slower speed. Grapevines turn water into wine year after year. They take water, light and CO2 and, through the magic of photosynthesis, produce a grape which becomes wine.
Photosynthesis has got to be one of the 7 wonders of the natural world, but yet it is an unseen and little understood process. It turns intangibles into tangibles. It represents the science of business. You take water H2O and carbon CO2 and add sunlight and you end up with glucose C6H12O6. It’s never C7.5H3O1. There is a specific process, an exact formula, a precise system and it’s constant. The result? Beautiful green leaves flowing with the breeze, tall trees dominating the view, fruit feeding the creatures and flowers dazzling everyone. But it’s the result of a well executed system or set of processes that work consistently. So consistently that you never doubt it - Never.
If you are not seeing the connection yet, you might need to have another shot of Xango juice! If your business does not have well defined systems and processes that work reliably and produce predictable results, your business, (your tree) will be stunted and may even die. If you want to get a handle on what that entails, check out the guy I depend on for this.
Until next time, be fruitful, then multiply!
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August 31st, 2007 at 10:32 am
GLORY GLORY GLORY!!
Yes, process is incredibly important. In business, ministry, family, etc.. With no process there is only chaos.
But what’s more awesome is you mentioning the water to wine miracle. This is clearly a demonstration of Jesus KNOWING who He was. And He also knew He had power and authority over nature.
Check this out….. this verse just took on a whole new revelation for me.
John 5:19 - Therefore Jesus answered and was saying to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, these things the Son also does in like manner. The things I see my Father do, I do.
Jesus had the insight and wisdom as a man to see photosynthesis take place and understand that He was capable or doing the same.
GLORY GLORY GLORY!!!
August 31st, 2007 at 2:30 pm
Paul;
I so appreciate your comment today. Did you know that when Jesus said, “For God so loved the world…”, that the Greek word for “world” is cosmos, which literally means, “orderly arrangement”. Check it out in the concordance some time. Blessings.
September 3rd, 2007 at 5:35 am
John 5:19 quoted by Paul just struck me as well, to me this means Jesus paid attention to nature’s details which we unfortunatley ignore. The Bible says all creation shows the glory of God and for us to notice the glory of God we need to pay attention to nature’s detail and see God therein.
Even in Business we need to pay attention the deatails of those very basic events and daily chores like filing an advert or arranging the office desk; inthe ultimate picture we will see our wine from water, our boom from recession, our profit from loss.
What people care to know is the name of a beautifull tree and where it is found but never cares to know the processes of getting it so green, so tall, so barky, so shady: there is an orderly arrangement to all that. Jehovah is God, His principles apply unreservedly in all the affairs of man. Who thought water turned into wine can be preached in business.
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:07 pm
Hello, I am Neill Newton - CEO - Global Flying Hospitals www.gfhospitals.org neillnewton@gmail.com
Michael Pink, as always, is so correct. however, when I was reading this article I kept thinking of “sour grapes”. Many grape vines produce sour grapes as well, that are not suitable for making fine wine. They are probably the ones used to make raisins or cattle feed. What I see as the core of all this is his keyword; “systems”. If we have the correct systems planted, and fine tuned, we will have an abundance of good grapes, or as this relates in business; clients, sales and profit!
Reading his message, it hit me hard that in our business (humanitarian medical charity that requires solid fundraising) , we need to do some more pruning and replanting, to get more efficient systems in place.
Once again - great stuff Michael!
September 6th, 2007 at 7:55 am
Thanks again for demonstrating God’s loving presence and glory in our everyday lives! While John 5:19 is revealing (as applied to this particular post) - a more in-depth testimony on this topic can be found in Exodus Chapters 35 - 40.
Within those passages we find God’s precise instructions to Moses on how to construct the Tabernacle, Ark of the Covenant, clothing of the Priests, placement of altars, etc.
These passages resonate within my Christian business practicality as a General Manager of a national service firm that must adhere to myriad federal, state and local statutory compliance issues - as well as obedience to our Fathers will in our business affairs.
Jesus constantly referred to nature in his parables - sparrows, ants, mustard seed, farming, etc. To me, I see God’s presence in the everyday world and am grateful that the Counselor has led me to appreciate his gifts that we often take for granted.
Thanks again for your insight and witness of God’s desire to be involved in our corporate lives.
February 20th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
A very good article. It should be an eye opener for all considering the “bad” things going on …self-made by man.
But thanks God there is always at least 1 door which is wide open inviting us to step in.
One is also this place.
Thanks,
Marius