Liquid Faith.

When the wine was gone, Jesus' mother said to him, "They have no more wine." John 2:3

I flew out of LaGuardia Airport this morning at 6:00 a.m. It was a beautiful morning and the sun bathed the city in a golden light. As we climbed we gently banked left just north of Manhattan and I had a clear view of the path US Air flight 1549 took as it made an emergency landing on the Hudson. The river is wide as it borders the west side of Manhattan. It dominates your field of view. I put on my glasses and searched for Teaneck Airport where the air traffic controller tried to send Captain C.B. Sullenberger that day. I know exactly where it is and squinted to find it, tiny from the air and invisible when compared to the Hudson River. On January 15, 2009, God turned the Hudson River into a runway. As Christians, we are aware that God has authority over water and everything else.

Jesus turned water into wine at a wedding. He calmed the sea during a storm. God parted the red sea and caused water to come out of a rock. We are often confronted with situations where we know we don’t have the necessary ingredients for success. Sometimes the cards are so stacked against us it seems impossible to believe we can win. As Christians we need to reflect on the fact that God can come to our aid with the ability to transform His creation into anything it needs to be. And the same thing He does with nature He can do with our lives.

I pray today that you keep yourself open to God’s power to transform.

Deacon Larry Woodard