Mission Accomplished

Mission Accomplished

On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Now both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding. And when they ran out of wine, the mother of Jesus said to Him, “They have no wine.” Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does your concern have to do with Me? My hour has not yet come.” His mother said to the servants, “Whatever He says to you, do it.” Now there were set there six waterpots of stone, according to the manner of purification of the Jews, containing twenty or thirty gallons apiece. Jesus said to them, “Fill the waterpots with water.” And they filled them up to the brim. And He said to them, “Draw some out now, and take it to the master of the feast.” And they took it. When the master of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and did not know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom. And he said to him, “Every man at the beginning sets out the good wine, and when the guests have well drunk, then the inferior. You have kept the good wine until now!” This beginning of signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and manifested His glory; and His disciples believed in Him. [After this He went down to Capernaum, He, His mother, His brothers, and His disciples; and they did not stay there many days. …

John 2:1-11

All of the miracles of Christ serve a purpose. His miracles are not mere, raw demonstrations of power. In this inaugural miracle, Christ has a particular purpose in mind. He gloriously accomplishes that purpose. John alludes to it in verse 11, ‘and His disciples believed in Him.’ This falls completely in line with John’s stated purpose for the writing of his gospel in John 20:31, ‘but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name.’ Notice, if you would, please, who it was who ‘believed in him,’ as the result of this miracle. It was ‘his disciples.’ Why is this important? When we consider the future of the expansion of the Gospel, and the establishment of the New Testament version of the Christian Church, it is critically important. These disciples would become the Apostles, the ‘sent ones.’ It would be these men who would declare. ‘We cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.’ They would go forth with the words of the Great Commission ringing in their ears. They had to be utterly convinced of the truth of Christ’s Person and Work. To that purpose, Christ did this miracle. We find it yet to be so in our own lives. Christ still works in our situations of life with the intention that we might ‘believe in Him.’ Every day He works in miraculous ways to evidence that He is indeed working, ‘all things together for good,’ for us. In this, Christ will ultimately succeed. He will continue to work to strengthen our faith and trust in Him until that day when the faith becomes sight.

Our Faithful and Wise God,
we rejoice that You teach us all the things that we need to know,
regarding Your Own Great Self.
We praise You that by your Almighty Power, You have enabled us to believe.

Where the Bush is Burning
Tomm Tice