The Wedding

I once attended a wedding

Though not in person

And there I met some people

The most important was God’s Son.

The guests were of all types

Many of the rich and influential,

The middle class were in attendance

And also were some poor people.

Jesus was at that wedding

Along with all his disciples

John recorded it in the Gospels

In John chapter 2 of the Bible.

It was held in Cana of Galilee

And the mother of Jesus was there,

When all the wine had run out

Before her son she would appear.

This could have been embarrassing

For they should have been enough

So the fact that the wine ran out

Presented a situation most tough.

“They have no wine,” she said to him.

“What is that to me?” He replied.

“It’s not yet my hour,” he also said

And to the servants she turned aside.

“Whatever he says you must do,”

Were her words of brief instruction

And not very long after this  

Her son went into action.

“Fill the water pots with water,” he said,

And they fill them to the brim,

“Draw out now and give the governor.”

He next instructed them.

Like on so many other occasions

It was Jesus that made the difference,

The governor spoke to the bridegroom

Of it he could make no sense.

  

Normally the best wine is served first

Then after, that which is worse,

However not so at this wedding

For the best wine was the final course.

When Jesus is in the marriage

The worst is passed away,

The wine he gives is truly great

It’s the dawning of a wonderful day.

As I read the record of this event

I thought of the ending of time

When the bride will be the church

And the groom will be Jesus, the Divine.

A wedding of weddings that will be

At the marriage supper of the Lamb,

Today the “whosoever” is invited

That is every girl, boy, woman and man.

Jesus provided the wedding garment

Made available by his precious blood,

No other attire is necessary

And our self-design garbs are no good.

A man once attended a wedding

But refused the garment provided,

Bound hand and foot he was cast out

And in outer darkness he resided.

Do not take Jesus’ invitation lightly

Respond to him today,

To be prepared for that coming wedding

Is by far the better way.

Stewart Russell © July 2017