"Every man at the beginning sets out the good wine, and when the guests have well drunk, then the inferior. You have kept the good wine until now!" John 2:10 NKJV
Here we witness the miracle of transformation. This is what happened here in Cana that day. The wedding celebrations hit a major problem, they had run out of wine. This would have been a social scandal for the bridegroom, his very reputation was at risk. But after Jesus had told the servants to fill the great stone pots with water, miraculously the water was turned into wine, and not the inferior kind either, but the finest. The Master of the Feast tasted the wine and commented to the bridegroom that he had kept the good wine until last. Tradition was such that guests were given the best wine first and the inferior wine later, when they had drunk a lot. Here, it was the finest to be found.
This illustrates the change that Jesus makes in a person's life, when you believe in Him and obey His word. He brings out the best in you and when you position yourself rightly by obedient submission, He pours in the finest for your life. You may have thought the best has come and gone but, there is more to come when you are walking with Him.
This day at the wedding, Jesus changed the social custom of tradition by producing the finest of wines. The same can be said of you as well. He so wants to produce the best in you and if you allow Him, He will do so. Let's face it, many of us were walking in total darkness before Jesus got a hold of our lives. If you can, just think back to where you were before Jesus began to make changes within you; and He hasn't finished with you yet, 'He who has begun a good work in you, will complete it until the day of Christ' Philippians 1:6. Note the word 'begun.' The work is not completed yet so, don't beat yourself up; He has more refining to do. However, note also the word 'complete.' This confirms that He will complete the work in us and if we remain in Him, He will take us into His heaven when our time comes.
Until then, HIs best is imminent, He is getting us ready, but we can help this along by getting into the position He wants us in - 'the willingness for Him to work in us'.
Copyright 2021 Grahame Howard.
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