"DO WHATEVER HE TELLS YOU" -Continue

 Jesus went to get baptized, then became God's Anointed One, or Messiah. (Luke 3:21,22) Then he began to select his disciples. Urgent though his work was, he still took time for happy occasions with family and friends. Along with his mother, his disciples, and his fleshly brothers, he went to a wedding feast at Cana, which was evidently a hilltop town some eight miles (13 km) from Nazareth. During the festivities, Mary became aware of a problem. Perhaps she noticed that some among the family of the couple exchanged panicky glances and urgent whispers. They had run out of wine! In their culture, such a lapse of customary hospitality would shame the family, marring the occasion terrible. Mary felt for them, and she turned to Jesus. 

They have no wine," she told her son. What did she expect him to do? We can only imagine, but she knew that her son was a great man who would do great things. Perhaps she hoped he would start now. In effect, she was saying to him, "Son, please do something about this!" Jesus' reply must have surprised her. He said: "Woman, why is that a concern to me and you?" Jesus' words did not mean any disrespect, although they have been misinterpreted that way. His words did, however, convey a gentle reproof. Jesus was reminding his mother that she really did not have a say in the way he directed his ministry that was reserved for his Father, Jehovah.

Next time: "DO WHATEVER HE TELLS YOU" - Conclusion

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