The first time Jesus performed a miracle (revealed his glory) was at a wedding in Cana. Jesus' mother was there, and Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the celebration.
Wine ran out, and Jesus' mother told him, "They have no more wine." She went to him anticipating a miracle, and Jesus said, "Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come" John 2:4.
But she tells the servants anyway, "Whatever He says to you, do it."
This you should also know my friend, tell him your need anyway, and "Do whatever he tells you." But be fully aware of the divine timing also. The timing by which waters are stirred up or the spirit moves is set by the Father.
Jesus said to them, "Fill the waterpots with water." And they filled them up to the brim. And He said to them, "Draw some out now, and take it to the master of the feast." And they took it.
When the master of the feast had tasted the water after it had become wine, and did not know where it came from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew, the master of the feast called the bridegroom. 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!"
He manifested His glory when he performed this miracle; and His disciples believed in Him.
Verse 6-7 says, "Now there were set there six waterpots of stone, according to the manner of purification of the Jews, containing twenty or thirty gallons apiece. Jesus said to them, "Fill the waterpots with water." And they filled them up to the brim."
This had a spiritual significance, and turning water into wine is interpreted to mean the contrast between the old and the new dispensations. The water symbolises a cleansing, and the transformation that takes place when a person's life is filled with the spirit present in Jesus sharply contrasts with the rites and ceremonies performed in the Jewish Temple. "If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed" John 8:36.
O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. Taste his new wine that is far better than what has previously had been served to this point.
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God bless you,
Laurence
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