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However, we did get a lot of food donated by very helpful and kind folks in the States.
One thing that these very helpful and kind people donated a lot of was liver.
Now my folks claim to like anything and everything that can be billed as “healthy food”.
Liver appears to be in that category, although I have my serious doubts that this is a food that should be eaten.
There was a lot of liver donated, and all the sane people, which included everybody except the Hertzler family, wouldn’t eat it.
Which meant that the Hertzlers had all the liver they wanted (or, in the case of 60% of the family, didn’t want).
But as kids, we were outvoted and liver would appear on the menu at least once a week, and on a bad week (or good, depending on your point of view), twice a week.
Well, in the Hertzler house it was the Law that you had to take everything that had been prepared.
And it didn’t go over well, if you took just a little microscopic amount; you had to take a healthy amount, whatever that was.
And on top of that, you were not allowed to say one word of complaint about the food.
If you didn’t have anything good to say, you didn’t say anything at all!
But as much as I hated liver, there as usually something else on the table that I really liked, or at least that I could tolerate.
And I learned very quickly as a kid to use that item that I liked as an incentive to choke down the liver as quickly as possible so that I could eat the potato or whatever it was!
I had to get through the bad to get to the good!
Isn’t that so like it is in life sometimes.
We call it the light at the end of the tunnel
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This story of Jesus at the wedding in Cana is one of the unique features about the Gospel of John.
The story only appears in this book.
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For me, it has been kind of a confusing little story.
I haven’t really understood why it is included in John’s Gospel.
But I would like to make some observations about this story.
First and foremost,
This story is about Jesus
Such topics are interesting in a factual sort of way, but they miss the point about this story.
You are probably thinking, well, of course it is!
But I have heard this story discussed in a lot of ways
trying to figure out marriage customs of the day
did they really drink alcoholic wine, or was this grape juice?
These things are ok to talk about but that’s not the main point of the story
The main point is JESUS!
In case you doubt that, have a look at the way that John winds up the story.
“This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana of Galilee, and manifested His glory.
Continues the theme of chapter 1 and of the whole book: The glory of Christ
We are going to talk about how He manifested His glory
And what is the result of Jesus manifesting His glory?
And his disciples believe in Him.”
And this is the reason that John wrote this book: So that you might believe that Jesus is the Son of God and that through believing, you might have life!
So what does Jesus show us about Himself in this story?
Jesus Demonstrates His Lordship
The wedding celebration is in full swing.
These celebrations could last for up to a week and everyone has been eating and drinking as much as they can hold:
And the unthinkable happens: the wine runs out.
How embarrassing!
The mother of Jesus comes to him and says “They have no more wine”
Jesus has not started his public ministry
He is single, probably has been living mostly at home
It’s generally believed that Joseph, Mary’s husband, is dead.
Jesus and his mother probably have a pretty close relationship
Mary remembers well the prophecies about Him and the events surrounding His birth
She knows Him better than anyone does and knows that He is a man of character and a leader.
Even though He has not performed any miracles up to this point, she probably thinks, “if anyone can do something about this situation, He can”
But in His answer, Jesus signifies that a change has taken place between Him and His mother
“Woman, what does this have to do with me?”
Who would talk to their mothers like that?
Was Jesus being rude?
Was He trying to put her in her place?
Not at all!
However, by saying “Woman” instead of “mother” or even “Mary”, Jesus is putting a distance between himself and his mother.
He is saying that a change has occurred in their relationship
No longer is He her son, but He is her Lord who will not be ordered about and expected to jump in order to rescue us out of every little difficulty
“What does this have to do with me?”
Why are you trying to involve me in this?
Is this really my problem?
Jesus doesn’t say no and he doesn’t say yes.
He simply reminds His mother that He is not her little boy any more
“It is not my time to reveal who I am”
When you are at the dinner table and your kids are goofing off and one of them spills his/her water and then looks at you to do something about it.
You look back at them and say, “why are you trying to involve me in your situation?”
The response of Mary is quite revealing.
Jesus’ answer reminded her of what she already knew: That Jesus was the Messiah and that one day a sword would pierce her soul.
She simply tells the servants “Do whatever he tells you”, not knowing if He would, in fact, do anything at all!
Jesus Demonstrates His Sufficiency
Nevertheless, Jesus does take action.
Not on His mother’s terms, but on His own terms and in His own way
Six stone jars.
Each holding 20-30 gallons.
For a total of 120-180 gallons!
That’s a lot of water, and a lot of wine!
And notice, this is not drinking water.
Rather, it is water for rites of purification: Washing!
In Mozambique, we would not dare drink the water that we used for washing!
Can you imagine what the servants are thinking as all of this is taking place?
We must be crazy!
What if the master of the feast asks us where this water came from?
What are we going to tell him?
Oh, it’s the water for washing.
It’ll be fine.
Can you imagine them holding their breaths and wincing as the master of the feast raises the cup to his lips?
What’s he going to say or do?
Is he going to spew it out of his mouth?
Instead a huge smile breaks across his face and he calls out to the bridegroom and congratulates him on the excellent quality of the wine
Usually, people serve the best first, but you have saved the best until last!
Jesus demonstrates his sufficiency in two ways.
He made more than enough!
Normally a person needs about half a gallon of water a day.
If you drink as much wine as you would water, it would take 1 person about 6 months to get through this much wine!
If there were 100 people at this wedding, there was enough there for 2-3 solid days of drinking!
When Jesus gives us something, it is more than we need!
It is an abundance!
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