I remember how my sweet wife spent months planning for every detail of our wedding. The preparation and planning required for a wedding celebration is mind-boggling. Let’s set the scene: it’s a wedding banquet! It’s a joyful, grand celebration where there is laughing, dancing, eating and drinking! When they encountered Jesus, they found the Messiah, the Savior of the world, the Son of God. Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding, and they came.īy in large as we look at Jesus’ ministry, He graciously accepted the invitations of people who were looking for hope and healing in a dark and hurting world. Then he called the bridegroom aside 10 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.”ġ1 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.
He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. They did so, 9 and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. “My hour has not yet come.”ĥ His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever He tells you.”Ħ Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.ħ Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” so they filled them to the brim.Ĩ Then he told them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.” 3 When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.”Ĥ “Woman, why do you involve me?” Jesus replied. Jesus’ mother was there, 2 and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. John 2:1-11 ( NIV Jesus’ words in red letters)ġ On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Let’s start by reading the actual Scripture, and then I hope to offer some helpful and insightful observations. It is from these completely opposite perspectives that I wish to write some commentary about the story of when Jesus turned water into wine. When I was growing up, my parents never touched alcohol, and drinking alcohol was looked down upon by the church majority.Īfter school, I spent 25-years in the wine industry. My father was a pastor, and my mom was a homemaker. I was raised in Southern Baptist churches in Texas and Louisiana in the United States.
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