Proclamation:
“Jesus said to the servants, ‘Fill the jars with water’; so
they filled them to the brim. Then He
said to 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 2:7-9 (NIV)
Explanation:
These words were written under
the influence of The Holy Spirit of God by the Apostle John. Here, John records the first public miracle
which Jesus, The Christ, performed. (John 2:11)
Jesus and His disciples had been invited to a wedding at Cana in Galilee .
His mother was also there. (John 2:1-2)
They ran out of wine and His mother told Him, “They have no more
wine.” Then she told the servants to do
whatever Jesus told them to do. (John 2:3-5)
The servants filled the large stone jars with water and Jesus changed
the water into wine.
Application:
The first point here is that the mother of Jesus gave the
servants some very good advice, which would also apply to us today, “Do
whatever He tells you.” (John 2:5) The
second point is that we are just like those large empty stone water jars; we
need to be filled to the brim with The Word of God. The third point is that the miracle did not occur
until the servants drew out some “water” and gave it to the master of the
banquet. When we share The Word of God
that we have been filled with, the miracle will happen in the lives of those
who receive it. We are not to keep The
Word of God to ourselves; we are to share it with others so that they may
benefit from its truth and its saving grace.
If we obey Him, The Lord God can use us to be a blessing to others.
