The Good Wine
On the third day there was a wedding
in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was
there. Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the
wine gave out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” And Jesus
said to her, “Woman, what concern is that to you and to me? My hour has not yet
come.” His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.” Now
standing there were six stone water jars for the Jewish rites of purification,
each holding twenty or thirty gallons. Jesus said to them, “Fill the jars with
water.” And they filled them to the brim. He said to them, “Now draw some out,
and take it to the chief steward.” So they took it. When the steward tasted the
water that had become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the
servants who had drawn the water knew), the steward
called the bridegroom and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first,
and then the inferior wine after the guests have become drunk. But you have
kept the good wine until now.” Jesus did this, the first of his signs, in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his disciples
believed in him.
John 2:1-11
While the turning of water to wine
seems somewhat simple, it was the first event in which Jesus dealt with people
at their own level. They were at a wedding. The wine had run out. Jesus acted.
The event had a purpose and it was the first way God picked for His Son to
begin to reveal Himself as the Son of God to His disciples.
Understand that whenever God uses our
small efforts to help others, it is a miracle of His power. The servants of
God’s great
power
deserves our grateful
praise.