Even in the face of experiencing the goodness of God some people just don't get it.
Consider the master of ceremonies at the wedding at Cana. When he was given the newly created wine he marveled. But his marveling wasn't because of the miracle. He marveled at the at the the departure from customary etiquette. "What a great idea - serving the best wine until now!" He brought the bridegroom aside. "Most people do it 'this and that way. But you have mixed it up. How refreshing!"
Such is our witness to the world.
To some we are refreshing, people who live in an uplifting way outside the box. That's what they see. That's what that God has allowed them to see. (For now, anyway.) Others observe our actions and see far beyond the novelty of the expression. They see the One from whom our expressions originate. Some have eyes to see, other have yet to see.
We can never know who will see what. Our call is, like the servants, to simply live it out for all the world to see. Either way it's a blessing. The yet-to-be-seers have the joy of tasting a drop of New Wine while the servants have the inner joy and satisfaction of seeing God move in their midst, regardless of human recognition.
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