Have you ever been volunteered for something you had no intention of doing? Who volunteered you? Did it turn out to be good that you were volunteered? How did you handle taking care of what you were volunteered for? What would have happened had you not been volunteered?
We all get volunteered for something sooner or later. Some of us get volunteered multiple times. Sometimes, we volunteer ourselves out of a feeling of compulsion, even when we do not want to. Sometimes things work out well and sometimes they do not.
Jesus was implicitly volunteered by His mother. They are at a wedding. Jewish wedding celebrations traditionally lasted for seven days. They were about to run out of wine. In fact, it may be that the only wine left was what was in the glasses of the guests. The situation was dire. The bride and groom would experience shame.
Mary states the obvious to Jesus. She may have pulled Him aside to be discreet in telling Him. Jesus had no responsibility for acquiring more wine for the party. Yet, Mary was implying He should do something. Perhaps she already knew He would perform miracles and assumed it would be a small thing for Him to provide more wine.
Jesus does not do anything immediately. In fact, He asks her what the lack of wine has anything to do with Him or His mother. He also makes a profound statement. He says His hour has not yet come. With that statement, He was saying it was not His appointed time to provide for the world. However, that statement was over the heads of His mother and disciples.
We will dive deeper into His hour and the symbology of Jesus turning water into wine at a wedding tomorrow.
John 2:1-3 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.”
Marty Pressey 