Water and Wine

I am not a wine drinker. But I know a few things. It seems to be the older, the better the wine. We’re talking years for wine. The value of the wine goes up with its age. I’ve heard people will pay thousands of dollars for old wine.

I’ve been thinking a lot about God’s character lately. I’ve thought of the story, when Jesus turns the water into wine. You know the story. Jesus is at a wedding. The custom of that day was to serve the good wine first. Then, when people have drunk up the good wine and they’re not so picky now, they break out the poor wine. People won’t know the difference now that they have had a few drinks.

Well they run out of wine and Jesus’ mother tells him to fix the problem. When He does, He tells the servants to fill the nearby water jugs with water. They have a taste of the water and realize this is really good wine. I mean this is the good stuff. They even confront the groom and tell him that most people serve the good wine first, but he’s breaking protocol by serving the good wine last. Of course it’s good wine because Jesus made it. He turned the water into wine. He didn’t take years and years to create a fantastic bottle of wine. He simply had the servants fill up some water jugs with water.

Jesus turned water into wine. He takes a minor problem and fixes it with something beautiful. He didn’t have to. He could have just ignored the problem and told them they already had wine, they don’t need anymore. He could have given them a lecture on the evils of drinking and drinking too much. But He didn’t. He turned water into wine.

In our own lives there are so many moments that we have run out of wine. We need more. It’s not catastrophic, but it is a need. What is that need you have in your own life? What have you run out of? Do you need Jesus to come in and make wine out of water? Are you thinking your problem is insignificant and Jesus doesn’t have the time?

Jesus turned the water into wine at a wedding who already had wine, they just ran out. If Jesus would turned water into wine, how much more can He turn your situation around. He will. He considers all of our needs. Every single one of them. The big ones and the small ones. And when we ask, He answers. He’s capable of taking whatever that need is and turning into something wonderful. He doesn’t have too much to do. He doesn’t think you are unimportant. He is willing. We just need to ask.

In this insane time I have been praying for encouragement. And like the water into wine, God is willing to give it. He gives me words from a friend that lift me up or make me laugh. He gives me birds who fly in front of me to remind me how much God cares. He gives me hope.

So what is your need? What have you run out of? Ask God. He’ll give it. And it will be good.