Do Whatever He Tells You

John 1: 1-11

The Wedding at Cana

2 On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. ² Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples. ³ When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” ⁴ And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet come.” ⁵ His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”

⁶ Now there were six stone water jars there for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. ⁷Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” And they filled them up to the brim. ⁸ And he said to them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast.” So they took it. ⁹ When the master of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom ¹⁰ and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine. But you have kept the good wine until now.” ¹¹ This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory. And his disciples believed in him. 

We read again the familiar and beloved story of the Wedding Feast at Cana when Mary "forced" her Son into performing his first miracle. The power of a woman, the power of a mother, the obedience and compassion of a son,  all of which we take so much for granted today, on display for the first time at that wedding in the small village of Cana. Having been locked into the Church at Cana in 1976 during the mandatory siesta, I had the privilege of being at the feast (in prayer) for three hours, three very fast hours.  I loved it, for I could hear the joyful banter of the guests, feel the embarrassment of the newlyweds, see the Mother speak to her Son, watch the servants fill the large stone water jugs and experience the delight of the guests when the new wine was served.  What a gift it was to be at this wedding feast!  The lesson:  Jesus is there to take care of what might be seen as the most mundane of details. If we are too embarrassed to ask him, then ask his mother, and a sure-fire answer will be given. See you at the wedding!

Bro. Rene