2 On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, 2 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.”
4 “Woman, why do you involve me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”
6 Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.
I wish I could remember the preacher who told me the significance of the jars being ceremonial cleansing jars. Take note that when Jesus would eventually die and rise again, he would cleans us once for all.
7 Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water”; so they filled them to the brim.
I like the image of to the brim. Jesus fills us to the full. He does not hold back.
8 Then he told them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.”
They did so, 9 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 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.”
With Jesus the best is yet to come.
11 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.
12 After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother and brothers and his disciples. There they stayed for a few days.
When Jesus cleansed me of sin it was forever. Were I to die right now, even if there was unconfessed sin in my heart, I would still go to heaven.
Jesus will fill me to the brim if I let him.
The best is yet to come. This here earth is temporary.
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