Turning Water to Wine (Pt. 1)

(Part 1 of 2)

“On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.”

                                                                                                                        John 2:1-3

It is here in the town of Cana that Jesus is about to perform his first miracle; a miracle that would reflect His ultimate mission and set the tone for His earthly ministry.

Jesus seeing six stone jars seated nearby, instructed the servants to fill them with water:

“Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons. Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water”; so they filled them to the brim. 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.”

                                                                                                                        John 2:6-9

Upon tasting the wine the master of the banquet pulled the groom aside and accused him of holding out and waiting to bring his best wine out towards the end. Jesus didn’t just create jars of average, run of the mill wine, but it was the most flavorful, robust wine the banquet master had tasted all day.

Through this miracle transformation, Jesus demonstrated his ultimate mission. Within those clay pots was the potential for something great. The jars, themselves, were nothing to write home about. They were simple stone jars. Jesus took those ordinary pots and transformed what was inside of them.

However, the water, apart from Christ, would have never become what it did without His help. So it is with you and I! We are clay pots full of potential, but on our own we are never going to be what God intended; without His help.

 

Just like with those pots of water; it is an inside-out process. He takes what seems very ordinary and unimpressive and creates in us the very best. Transformation!

 

“This, the first of his miraculous signs, Jesus performed at Cana in Galilee. He thus revealed his glory, and his disciples put their faith in him.”

                                                                                                            John 2:11

If Jesus’ glory was revealed through the transforming of water into wine, how much more is his glory revealed through the transforming work he is doing in each of us. As impressive as this miracle was, it was only a foreshadowing of the work Jesus Christ desires to do in you.

 

Pastor Scott Burr                                                                    

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