Sign Of Better Things

What if the first miracle of Jesus wasn't what we expected at all? In John's Gospel, written by the last living apostle some 60 years after Jesus' resurrection, we encounter something surprising: Jesus' first sign of glory wasn't healing the sick, raising the dead, or commanding storms. It was turning water into wine at a wedding. This seemingly mundane miracle invites us into a profound truth we often miss—Jesus cares deeply about the common, everyday things in our lives. Those stone jars, meant for ceremonial washing, held 120-180 gallons of water that became 600-900 bottles of wine. The symbolism is striking: no amount of ceremonial washing could make us clean enough, but the life Jesus brings through the Spirit is abundant and overflowing. We live in an in-between time, after redemption but before restoration, where we're called to look for signs of life—small buds of hope, everyday miracles, common graces. When we start asking Jesus for help with simple things, we begin looking for His work. And when we look, we start seeing. The invitation isn't to turn miracles into guarantees or to dismiss them as ancient superstitions, but to approach them with fresh eyes, expecting that God might show up in the small moments we've stopped paying attention to. Keep your fork—something better is always coming.