Water to Wine: The Wedding at Cana

As I read John 2:1-11 for the first time in months, it strikes me as it always has ... a story I have heard many, many times.  So much so that it didn't move me as it should have this morning. It had become stale to me. So, in an effort to let God speak to me, I sat still following the reading only to have just that happen.

He spoke. 

And here's what He said:

• This was not yet His time, but his mother, Mary, knew who He was. It also struck me that even after He said, "What does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet come.", she went ahead, seemingly ignoring Him. Moms. 
• They used ceremonial purification jars. As usual, Jesus uses the Old Law to show that HE is the way to be purified. 
• The water transforms to wine.  From something created by God into something that is even greater.
• The last shall be first and the first shall be last.  Once again, Jesus teaches us that God's ways are different - many times opposite - than the way the world thinks.  Good wine first, then the lesser wine? No, good wine then better, then best. It reflects our temporal life here on earth versus the life to come in eternity with Him.
• This story begins with "On the third day ..." This speaks for itself and is a foreshadowing.
• The miracle happens at a wedding. When we enter a relationship with Christ, a miracle happens. We are born again into a life eternal. The marriage is a reflection of the relationship we have with Christ, our bridegroom.
• Jesus is capable of anything in any situation ... if we simply trust Him.

Not so stale, eh? God is good.

John 2:1-11

On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples. When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet come.” His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”

 Now there were six stone water jars there for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” And they filled them up to the brim. And he said to them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast.” So they took it. When the master of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine. But you have kept the good wine until now.” This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory. And his disciples believed in him.