The wedding feast had run into a crisis. There was no wine left. Jesus, seeing six stone water jars, told the servants to fill them with water – perhaps in total 100 litres. But when it was drawn out, the Master of Ceremonies realised that it was wine of a very high quality, and not water at all! It was a wonderful creation miracle, affirming that Jesus was God’s Son who had come from the glory of heaven. When Jesus called the disciples to follow Him, they obeyed; but now they believed in Him.

This miracle has invited many explanations. Some are not true to the text, such as: the wine was not real, they just thought it was wine … the water jars already contained the wine but the host had forgotten about it … because there was so much wine, Jesus obviously approved of people getting drunk! None of those views are supported by the text. John, who was present, gave a first hand report: the wine had run out … the water jars were full to the top with water … the Master of Ceremonies did not know where the wine had come from but pronounced it to be a high quality and expensive vintage. In other words, Jesus did what was impossible - but He was the person ‘through whom all things were made’ (John1:3). The Creator made the wine, and made it very well!

The key message is that God does everything excellently, much more and much better than ever we can imagine, and He does it when it is the right time in order that we put our trust in Him (Ephesians 3:20-21). In other words, when we have a need we should present the problem to Jesus; trusting Him to meet that need in such a way that He gets the glory and we learn to trust Him more. That is why you need to enter a dialogue with Him about the issues which are concerning you at work or at home today. Tell Him about them and let Him produce the solution; but do not think His answer is merely to satisfy your need. Its larger purpose is to display His glory, encourage your faith and stimulate faith in those around you. It is an exciting adventure to follow Jesus!