Just Ask

DEVOTION

THE GOSPEL OF JOHN

JUST ASK

John 2:1-3

2:1 On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus' mother was there, 2 and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. 3 When the wine was gone, Jesus' mother said to him, "They have no more wine."

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This is the beginning of one of the most famous stories of Jesus’s first miracle in public. Why did Mary bother to tell Jesus they have no more wine unless she knew he could do something about it? It is doubtful she expected Jesus to run over to the local winepress and buy more. Even though she knew in her heart he was born to her by the power of the Holy Spirit why would she expect Jesus to be able to solve this situation of no wine left at the wedding. Even though this is the first recorded miracle of Jesus could it be he had done some privately at home in the present of his mother? Nevertheless the lesson for us here is that a simply statement is all we need in order to present the need to Jesus. We need not have to use all those religious words, the right denominational phrases; the eloquent speak, waxing on so to speak, in order to tell Jesus of our need. This is also perhaps the first record of an intercessional prayer as Mary was asking for the needs of others. It is right for us to ask, it is right for us to use plain honest language telling Jesus what we need and what others need. All these people at the wedding were not all believers, sure a few of his followers may have been there as well, but for the most part all were lost souls trying to live under the law, and had not yet experienced the transformational power of Jesus. Mary may have been asking Jesus to show them who he was so they could have the same insight into him as she had. An actual scientific miracle, such as turning water into wine, could bring any unbeliever to their knees, it did for me. We know that was just the first of many, and he isn’t done. Jesus is still in the miracle business, doing whatever we ask in his name. That seems a little brash but that is what he has told us. We will see that in chapter 14. Mary already knew this, and she asked knowing full well Jesus would take care of the matter. Just ask.