Not recorded but for God’s glory

John 2:12-13 After this He went down to Capernaum, He and His mother and His brothers and His disciples; and they stayed there a few days. The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Let’s begin with a couple of facts. The distance from Cana to Capernaum was around 16 miles (which is almost 26 kilometers for my friends in other countries). The journey from Capernaum to Jerusalem was 85 miles or almost 137 kilometers. The average walker would make the trip to Capernaum in 5 hours and 15 minutes with no stops, so we know that didn’t happen. Perhaps with stops to rest, eat, and perform several unrecorded acts of love for people God put in Jesus’ path, the journey from Cana to Capernaum took a day or so. If we use the same calculations for the trip to Jerusalem, it was perhaps a 4-5 day journey. So from the time of the wedding until Jesus arrived in Jerusalem was somewhere around 12 days to two weeks. I shared these facts with you because that’s around two weeks of Jesus’ life and works of which we know nothing except His general location. What we do know is that every one of those days, He glorified His Father by loving with His Father. Everything He did and said was as necessary, powerful, and life-changing for those the Father put His path as the events at the wedding in Cana. The last verse of John’s gospel says, “And there are also many other things which Jesus did, which if they were written in detail, I suppose that even the world itself would not contain the books that would be written (21:25). The same is true for you and me. Very few of the things we do each day will be remembered, much less written of, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t necessary, powerful, and pleasing to the Father. As long as they flow out of an intimate relationship with Jesus, the Father is glorified by Jesus in us. I encourage us all to abide in Jesus and not despise the little things, the mundane, the seemingly unnotable acts of love and service. Although they are not captured in print for others to read or see, the Lord has taken notice. For we are His workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them (Eph. 2:10). These many things are not recorded, but they are all for God’s glory. I invite you to become a partner in our ministry. Would you pray about becoming a regular supporter of Elijah Ministries and the Live to Love with Jesus ministry? I hope you will receive the joy and benefit of “giving it forward,” so others may receive encouragement to turn their hearts to God and to live to love with Jesus. You may give online or send a check to the address listed at www.spiritofelijah.com/donate.