Pushed

We don't always know when we are ready to take action.

On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the wine gave out, the mother of Jesus said to him, ‘They have no wine.’ And Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, what concern is that to you and to me? My hour has not yet come.’ His mother said to the servants, ‘Do whatever he tells you.’ Now standing there were six stone water-jars for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. Jesus said to them, ‘Fill the jars with water.’ And they filled them up to the brim. He said to them, ‘Now draw some out, and take it to the chief steward.’ So they took it. When the steward tasted the water that had become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the steward called the bridegroom and said to him, ‘Everyone serves the good wine first, and then the inferior wine after the guests have become drunk. But you have kept the good wine until now.’ Jesus did this, the first of his signs, in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him. After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples; and they remained there for a few days. - John 2:1-12

If Mary hadn't pushed Jesus to do something at Cana, how long would he have waited to reveal his true self?

Sometimes we believe we should do something but we don't feel quite ready.  Perhaps we aren't as sure of ourselves as we would like to be, or we feel we have not prepared enough.

Or maybe we just think someone else should step up.

Jesus had his reasons for not wanting to get involved, but his mom thought not about him, but about the host and how he would look and feel if the guests learned he ran out of wine.

John wants us to see this first miracle as a sign that Jesus was divine, but if we come away from this story as if it is something Jesus could do and not something that motivates us to action, I think we are missing a valid point.

Jesus wanted us to follow him, and that means we should try to see others the way he saw them and us.  We are all children of the same God, and so what affects one of us affects all of us.

So, when we see something, we should do something.

More to come...