My Hour Has Not Yet Come

John 2:1-4,11 – On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.” “Woman, why do you involve me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”… What Jesus did here in Cana of Galilee was the first of the signs through which he revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.

John 7:6 – Therefore Jesus told them, “My time is not yet here; for you any time will do.

John 12:27 – “Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour.

John 16:32 – “A time is coming and in fact has come when you will be scattered, each to your own home. You will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me.

Application:

• ·         In his account of Jesus’ first display of “His glory” by providing an abundance of wine at a wedding feast, John probably was testifying that Christ’s saving mission would culminate in the redemption of the creation from all its distresses, so that the wine of joy would flow fully, as the prophets had announced.
• ·         Jesus moved in accordance with the will of God.
• ·         Jesus considered praying for God to save Him from this death but refused to do so, because the very reason He had come was to die for sinners.
• ·         Jesus knew His disciples would fail; however, His church is not built on people’s strength but on God’s ability to use people even after they have failed.

All Scripture verses taken from NIV