And His disciples believed

This beginning of signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and manifested His glory; and His disciples believed in Him. – John 2.11

Jesus’ ministry had been going on for a while now. He was beginning to be seen as a great teacher and he was gathering a following. But right in the middle of that there was a family function in Cana. Somebody was getting married. In those days a wedding was more than just a few hours in a church and reception hall. It was an all-day affair. Sometimes it might even be a multi-day affair.

So Jesus and his family and his disciples all went to the wedding. After a while, as we mentioned yesterday, they ran out of wine. Jesus’ response was pretty amazing. He instructed the servant to bring him some water. Something happened that shook everything up. Jesus turned the water into wine. Not just any wine, but the best wine at the feast!

This, as John records, was the beginning of signs in Cana. He manifested His glory. And His disciples believed in Him.

I think that’s great! Something happened to cause the disciples to believe in Him. It took a sign, but they did believe.

Belief is always good, even if it takes a sign to get there.

But it is the way that Jesus put it when dealing with Thomas – Jesus said to him, ‘Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.’

I find it kind of encouraging that these disciples are a lot like us.

It took just that little bit extra before then could believe. It would be nice, considering all the blessings we have, if we could go that step further and believe without seeing.