Today, I am reading and commenting on  John 1-3.

Ever since I reached adulthood I have loved the story of Jesus at the wedding in Cana.  Typically when I talk about it I talk about how it can inform our attitude towards alcoholic beverages.  However today I want to look at what the banquet master said to the bridegroom about the wine which Jesus made.  It struck me today that John included it as a message about more than the wine which Jesus made.  The banquet master said, “Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now.”  On the surface this tells us something about the quality of the wine which Jesus made.  While I definitely believe we are supposed to reach that conclusion, I think John included that statement to communicate more than just that Jesus made really good wine.  In the same way that the banquet master told the bride groom that he had saved the best wine for now, John is telling us that God had saved His best for us in Jesus.  God had spoken to mankind through Noah, Abraham, Moses, and other prophets of old, but He had saved His best for last.  Now He was speaking to us directly through Jesus.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.