"...six stone water jars...each holding twenty or thirty gallons" (John 2:6).
At the wedding in Cana our Lord turned water into wine. It was His first miracle. But what I never really realized is just how much wine He made.
The Gospel is inviting us to do the math:
6 x 20 or 30 = 120 or 180
Call it 150 gallons. That's a lot of wine.
What we don't know is how many people there were. We don't know at what point exactly they ran out of wine. What we know is: They didn't run out again. And therein lies a lesson.
Christ offers a joy and gladness that will never run out. When your happiness is based on things, circumstance, situation in life, other people, day of the week, or time of the year, it's going to run out. But when based on Christ (His incarnation, death, resurrection, forgiveness, and promise of eternal life), it's going to last forever.
Understand that God gives us many good things to enjoy for a time. But we must always see beyond them to God Himself. Beyond the wine to Christ. "And His disciples believed in Him" (John 2:11).
The secret to a happy life? Knowing the one Joy that will never run out: the Love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. All 150 gallons of it!
