Re:Verse reading–John 2:1-22 (day one)
“This beginning of His signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and He manifested His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.”–v 11
It was an unexpectedly small start. Not a big splash on some large stage. (That will come next. See v 12-22) His first miracle was humble. Local. IMMANUEL–God with us. As present and involved in our homes/marriages/jobs as He is at church.
John (and most of the prophets) were distant. Detached. Separated. Men of the desert. Jesus is different. God at the dinner table. Same prophetic power. More accessible.
And if God is near us, we are to get near others. To be “in the world, but not of it” is a hard assignment. No argument. Even so, the example and command of Christ is clear. “Go into all the world.”
What good is salt except in contact with corruption? As we get near them. He will be with us.
