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His mother said to the servants, “Whatever He says to you, do it.” (NASB) John 2:5 Jesus was prepared to help, not according to Mary’s plan, but according to what fit the purpose of God. God does the same thing for each of us. We may be discouraged, feeling unloved, or feeling all alone, but Jesus has not ignored us. He may be saying, “Not yet! This is not the best time. “I will accomplish it another way.” God is in the business of answering our prayers. Sometimes the answer is, “No” and other times the answer is, “I will do it another way.”
So Jesus tells the servants to fill six large waterpots.
Now there were six stone waterpots set there for the Jewish custom of purification, containing twenty or thirty gallons each. Jesus said to them, “Fill the waterpots with water.” So they filled them up to the brim. (NASB) John 2:6-7 The waterpots were able to hold twenty to thirty gallons (76-114 liters) of water each. It must have taken
the servants a long time to fill them; but once they were filled, Jesus did His first miracle.
And He said to them, “Draw some out now and take it to the headwaiter.” So they took it to him. When the headwaiter tasted the water which had become wine, and did not know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the headwaiter called the bridegroom, and said to him, “Every man serves the good wine first, and when the people have drunk freely, then he serves the poorer wine; but you have kept the good wine until now.” (NASB) John 2:8-10 Jesus had turned the water into wine. |
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