WEDDING AT CANA JHON 2
We have no set of instructions as to how to perform a wedding. There are many variations in the how and what to include. Yet we gather as family and friends in a ceremony for the purpose of asking God’s blessing upon this marriage. In John chapter 2 we are told that Jesus was invited to a wedding and something happened there that reveals the importance of having the Lord Jesus invited and welcomed in the wedding, in the marriage.
During the celebration the wine was gone. That was a crisis, an embarrassment, a reason to panic, to quarrel, to complain, to feel hopeless and heartbroken. Wine has different meanings in the Bible, but in some cases it symbolizes times of happiness, high spirits, enjoyment and jubilation.
Jesus’ mother was there and gave them and us one of the best advices given when an unexpected situation of unhappiness or misery rises: “DO WHATEVER HE TELLS YOU”.
The servants did not question the order (fill the jars with water). They just obeyed not matter how ridiculous or illogical the request seemed/sounded to theirs ears.
The result was: THE BEST WINE!
In our lives, single or married, we will experience that “our wine is gone” (John 16:33 says that in this world we will have tribulation, affliction, distress, suffering) No jar of wine last forever: youth, health, money, possessions, honeymoon are, sooner or later, gone.
It is wise to have Jesus as our guest in the wedding…in every event of our lives and to obey his words, follow his instructions for then we will receive the best from Him.
My advice to you: DO WHATEVER HE TELLS YOU!