March 4th, 2026

Read John 2:6-7 

Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.

Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water”; so they filled them to the brim.

Cleanliness was a big deal in Jewish society. Washing hands and feet, cups, bowls, and even tables in stone vessels was a part of their everyday lives. So it stands to reason that the jars mentioned were just a part of the fabric of every occasion. They would have been on hand to handle anything that needed to be cleansed. 

I love how Jesus takes ordinary objects – stone jars used to clean the outside of people and things – and instructs the servants to fill them with another ordinary thing…water. This was probably a task they had done many times before. Nothing out of the ordinary – except it was Jesus who was telling them what to do! Jesus was about to change everything! He was about to turn the ordinary into something extraordinary! 

That’s really what God is good at! All through Scripture, we see Him use ordinary people -even seriously flawed people- to do extraordinary things.  

Noah, Abraham, Joseph, Moses, David, Mary, Peter, Paul….the list is long and, if we stretch it through time, it includes you and me. 

The key is that it has never been about the individual people, but the one who created them and called them. The extraordinary piece is God in us, working through us. 

God, thank You for choosing me to be a part of Your extraordinary plan. I am grateful for Your love that changes me – an ordinary person…just as You changed ordinary water into wine. Continue to work in me, making me into a new creation. One that can be used for your glory, making Your love known to the world around me. Amen.