Jesus turns water into wine

John 2: 1–11

1–3 On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee.

1–3 Jesus’ mother was there, and Jesus and His disciples had also been invited to the wedding.

1–3 When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to Him, “They have no more wine.”

4 “Woman, why do you involve Me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”

5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever He tells you.”

6 Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.

7 Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water”; so they filled them to the brim.

8–10 Then He told them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.”
They did so, and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not realise where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside and said, “Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now.”

11 What Jesus did here in Cana of Galilee was the first of the signs through which He revealed His glory; and His disciples believed in Him.

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(Water into wine — John 2:1–11)

There is also a practical intention. It was shameful, not just an embarrassment, for a wedding host to run out of the only drink available, after preparing for a week-long event. For Jesus, ministering to shame and every other emotional need is as important as other dimensions of healing, deliverance and salvation.

It is not God’s intention that we carry shame with us. It is His intention that we look to Him for every need and expect Him to have ways of meeting needs that we haven’t considered possible.

Another important strand of this story is about our willing participation in what becomes a miracle. Here the servants filled the jars with water and then served it out — as they did so, the water became wine. The servants didn’t have much choice — they were doing what the Master told them. What about us, as the Master tells us something, a prompt from the Holy Spirit? We have a choice to hear and act, or not. As we move out in our little bit of faith, so God moves in with blessing.

3. How much does God’s intervention in a situation depend on us, in the sense of our exercising faith in some way? Have you ever been prompted to say or do something which took some courage and faith, and seen God do something — as if He was waiting for that first move?

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