Yesterday, we read that Mary had involuntarily volunteered Jesus to do something about a newlywed couple who were about to face shame for running out of wine. It was not Jesus’ responsibility to provide more wine and ward off the shame that would surely come.
Yet, Jesus did something anyway. He had the servants fill six stone jars with water. The water became wine before the servants could bring it to the master of ceremonies. The servants knew more about what had happened than the master of ceremonies, who did not know where it came from.
Let’s take a look at the irony in this scene. Jesus is at a wedding as a guest. Yet, Jesus is the focus of the story. The stone jars were used for ceremonial washing to be clean, but Jesus uses them to provide wine. He used wine at the last supper to represent His blood He would shed for us for our forgiveness, for our cleansing before God.
The bridegroom in the story remains silent when the master of ceremonies commends him on saving the best wine until last. Jesus remained silent during His false trial. Jesus is the bridegroom of the church. He attends a wedding feast but will host the biggest and best wedding feast when He returns.
Jesus performs the first of His signs at the wedding in Cana. He performs the last of His signs roughly three years later when He goes to the cross and rises again three days later, when His hour had come. His greatest sign of all will come when He returns to call all of us home, to be with Him for eternity in the New Jerusalem and the new earth.
I pray we all see Jesus’ signs and believe in Him. I pray we look forward to the ultimate wedding. I pray each one of us remember Jesus each time we take a drink of wine or grape juice. Believe in Jesus. Look forward to the ultimate wedding. Remember Jesus.
John 2:13 Jesus did this, the first of his signs, in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.
Marty Pressey 