Water To Wine

"On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. 2 Now both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding. 3 And when they ran out of wine, the mother of Jesus said to Him, 'They have no wine.' 4 Jesus said to her, 'Woman, what does your concern have to do with Me? My hour has not yet come.' 5 His mother said to the servants, 'Whatever He says to do, do it.' 6 Now there were set there six waterpots of stone, according to the manner of purification of the Jews, containing twenty or thirty gallons apiece. 7 Jesus said to them, 'Fill the waterpots with water.' And they filled them up to the brim. 8 And He said to them, 'Draw some out now, and take it to the master of the feast.' And they took it. 9 When the master of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and did not know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom. 10 And he said to him, 'Every man at the beginning sets out the good wine, and when the guests have well drunk, then the inferior. You have kept the good wine until now!' 11 This beginning of signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and manifested His glory; and His disciples believed in Him."
John 2:1-11 NKJV

What is happening here is pretty obvious to the reader. There is a wedding in the little town of Cana, located in Galilee, and Jesus and His disciples are invited, as well as His mother. Now, I can sense all you Catholics out there start salivating, because Jesus' mother Mary is there. Well, fret not (salivate not?) because it was not Mary who set it up. It wasn't Mary who performed the miracle. Her biggest role in this miracle was to tell the servants to do what Jesus instructed them to do. Since they are servants, they probably would have done that anyway. Go figure. Anyway, they run out of wine at the wedding, and Mary comes to Jesus and tells Him this. And He asks her why she is telling Him, because His time to come on the scene publicly had not yet arrived. Now, it doesn't tell us in the narrative of the text, but I kinda think Jesus was hanging out with the servants in the back of the room, or off in another room, and that is why He had to be told there was no more wine. Just my own personal opinion. Nevertheless, Jesus' mother came and told Him they were out of wine. Now there were six big water pots there that held twenty to thirty gallons of water each. That is a lot of water. So Jesus instructs the servants to fill the water pots to the brim with water. They do it. And then He instructs them to draw some out and take it to the master of the wedding feast. And it is the best wine that they have had at the wedding. It was customary that the best wine would be put out first, and as the guests drank and got a little buzz on, then they wouldn't notice that they not-so-good wine had been brought out as the evening wore on. So the master of the wedding feast was impressed at this deviation from custom.

Beloved, I think one of the messages that this passage has for us is this. You and I are the water pots. We are the jars of clay, that are cracked, that leak, that the Lord takes and picks us up and fixes us, and stops us from leaking. Our youth leader/young adult leader told me the other day, that he was talking to his group about how you stop a cracked pot from leaking. You know how? (Glad you asked) You immerse it. That is what God wants for us. To be immersed in Him and His Word. To be so totally filled up and surrounded by Him and His Word, that His Holy Spirit just flows out from us and through us. We are just covered by Him, both inside and out. Now that is not part of this text, so I guess you get that at no extra charge. But we are the earthen vessels. And as we are filled to the brim with the water of the Word, the New Wine of the Holy Spirit changes us into vessels of honor, because we are now the container of the best wine in the house! The Holy Spirit of God! And it doesn't matter where you are in life, it is never too late, and you have never gone too far to turn around and allow the Holy Spirit to change you from the inside out. Beloved, today is the day to leave your nets, meaning, to stop what it is in your life that has you so occupied that that is all you are focused on, leave your nets and follow Him. Follow Jesus Christ the Son of God, and you might end up at a wedding, filled with the best wine in the house! This day, be immersed! Shalom, shalom.