What Jesus Did : John 2:3-4 - Timing is Everything

    by Phil Ware

    Timing is Everything - John 2:3-4

    At the wedding there was not enough wine. After the wine was all gone, Jesus' mother said to him, "They have no more wine." Jesus answered, "Dear woman, you should not tell me what to do. It is not yet time for me to begin my work." (ERV) Full Text

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    For us, timing is everything. Deliver the punch line of a joke without enough pause, or too much pause, and the joke falls flat. Rush a proposal in marriage, and you may not be taken seriously. Apply for a job at the wrong time and you won't be hired. Jesus lived "on the clock." He lived by God's sense of timing, so he ordered his plans based on God's will and God's timing. He came to the world at just the right time. He went to the Cross at just the right time. He was raised from the dead at the time he had promised. While we may not ever know exactly what time it is in our world, we can base our lives on the will, work, and timing of God. To do otherwise would be to miss the redemptive moment in the lives of many people God wants us to influence.


    Today's Prayer

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    Father, I know I will never have the same sense of timing in my life that Jesus did for his, but please make me more alert to your timing in my life as I commit to make my heart more open to your will. In Jesus' name. Amen.


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    Today's Verses in Context


    Two days later there was a wedding in the town of Cana in Galilee. Jesus' mother was there. Jesus and his followers were also invited to the wedding. At the wedding there was not enough wine. After the wine was all gone, Jesus' mother said to him, "They have no more wine." Jesus answered, "Dear woman, you should not tell me what to do. It is not yet time for me to begin my work." Jesus' mother said to the servants, "Do what Jesus tells you to do." In that place there were six large waterpots made of stone. The Jews used waterpots like these in their washing ceremonies. Each waterpot held about 20 or 30 gallons. Jesus said to the servants, "Fill those waterpots with water." So the servants filled the pots to the top. Then Jesus said to the servants, "Now take out some water. Carry the water to the master of the feast." So the servants brought the water to the master. Then the man in charge of the wedding feast tasted it, but the water had become wine. The man did not know where the wine came from. But the servants that brought the water knew where it came from. The master of the wedding called the bridegroom. He said to the bridegroom, "People always serve the best wine first. Later, after the guests have become drunk, people serve the cheaper wine. But you have saved the best wine until now." This was the first miracle that Jesus did. Jesus did this miracle in the town of Cana in Galilee. So Jesus showed his greatness. And his followers believed in him. Then Jesus went to the town of Capernaum. Jesus' mother and brothers and his followers went with him. They all stayed in Capernaum a few days.

    -- John 2:1-12 (ERV)

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