March 14

John 2:1-12
On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus
was there. Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the
wine gave out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.”
And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what concern is that to you and to me? My hour has not yet come.” His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.” Now standing there were six stone water jars for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. Jesus said to them, “Fill the jars with water.” And they filled them up to the brim. He said to them, “Now draw some out, and take it to the chief steward.” So they took it. When the steward tasted the water that had become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the steward called the bridegroom and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and then the inferior wine after the guests have become drunk. But you have kept the good wine until now.” Jesus did this, the first of his signs, in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him. After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples; and they remained there a few days.


DG Comments: As I mentioned in worship yesterday, today we begin our Lenten discipline of lectio divina. I encourage you to select a word or phrase from the scripture passage; allow it to infiltrate your being; meditate upon it; look for God’s invitation to you within the passage and then think how it might apply to your life.

As I read John 2: 1-12 this morning, I focused on the phrase “'Everyone serves the good wine first, and then the inferior wine after the guests have become drunk. But you have kept the good wine until now.' Jesus did this, the first of his signs, in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory.” This was the first of Jesus’ great signs that revealed his glory. Within this idea I select the passage, “but you have kept the good wine until now.” In a highly unusual act, the good wine was kept til last. I allow this phrase to infiltrate my soul as I read it over and over. I meditate upon what happens in the passage. I start to see an invitation from God to me. That the best is saved for last. That no matter how long we live, and no matter what has happened to us, God has something saved for us. Something sweet and beautiful. I apply this thought to the beginning of my week and I am renewed to begin the week again, confident that God has saved something wonderful for me.