This past Sunday I listened as a pastor friend sat at the bedside of a mutual friend who was dying as she encouraged her with the story of the Wedding at Cana.
📖 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. 3 When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.” “Woman, why do you involve me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.” His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.” 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. He did not realize 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.” 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. John 2:1-11
She asked....Why might He have performed His first miracle there? At a wedding, turning water into wine?
She continued... For joy! To teach us the importance of joy.. He wanted the guests, His friends to have joy. The celebration would have dwindled had the wine run out...and the joyfulness they were sharing together would have ended when the refreshments were gone.
As I continued to think about that story more things came to mind;
The Master of the banquet was surprised that it seemed the BEST wine was saved until last!
If it comes from Jesus it will be the best...
📖 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. James 1:17
Sometimes in our circumstances things don't seem, aren't, the best. But Jesus is bigger than our circumstances.
He can turn water into wine!
Sorrow into joy
Despair into hope
Bitterness into love
Death into resurrection
We can work through things and move forward..but until we surrender our..."water" to Him we will just be working....once we let Him change us ...we will see then what is His best.
📖 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. Romans 12:2
He desires us to have joy, in Him.
His very first miracle was for those celebrating a joyous occasion. Creating something good...the best of it's kind, out of something colorless and tasteless.
He is the living water...be filled with Him and let Him change what is in you to joy!
🙏My prayer for you today is that you can be filled with His Living Water, with His joy, regardless of your circumstances❤
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