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Scriptures Readings for:

January 19, 2025
Second Sunday after Epiphany

First Reading: Isaiah 62:1-5
Psalm 36:5-10
Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 12:1-11
Gospel Reading: John 2:1-11

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WEEKLY
DEVOTIONS

"Someone You Can Depend On"

On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus also was invited to the wedding with His disciples. When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to Him, "They have no wine." And Jesus said to her, "Woman, what does this have to do with Me? My hour has not yet come." His mother said to the servants, "Do whatever He tells you." Now there were six stone water jars there for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. Jesus said to the servants, "Fill the jars with water." And they filled them up to the brim. And He said to them, "Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast." So they took it. When the master of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom and said to him, "Everyone serves the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine. But you have kept the good wine until now." This, the first of His signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested His glory. And His disciples believed in Him.
(John 2:1-11)

I love the confidence Mary has in her Son Jesus. When she discovers that the wine is running out, she goes straight to Jesus and asks for help. Why? On the surface, there's no reason for her to do that. Jesus isn't a wine merchant. He's not even a local neighbor who might have a few extra skins of wine in His house. And He's never yet done a miracle. So why does Mary go to Him?

I think it's because Mary knows how dependable He is, from all their years together. She knows that Jesus is the one person you can always rely on-the kind of person who, if there was an alligator in the toilet, He would absolutely figure out a way to get it out.

And so she doesn't waste time telling Him what to do. She just brings the problem to His attention and gets out of the way. And she recommends the servants to take their lead from Him. That's enough.

And that's enough for us, too, isn't it? If we have a problem, we can take it to Jesus right away. We don't need to waste time trying to fix it on our own before we ask for help. We don't even need to tell Him what we think He should do. We can just say, "I need help. Please, Lord, Help me!" and He will hear us. And we wait to see what He will do.

It might be something we'd never imagine in our wildest dreams. After all, look at what He did when human beings first turned away from God! The Lord didn't do the obvious thing-kill us all and start over. No, He did the unexpected thing-got Himself born into our world as a human being Himself, lived and served among us, and then suffered, died, and was buried-all to break the power of evil over us, all to bring us home to God. When He rose from the dead He broke the power of death over us forever; and all of us who trust in Him will rise from the dead also, on the day when Jesus returns and calls us back to life. We can be absolutely certain He will do that, because that's the kind of Person He is-completely and absolutely trustworthy.

WE PRAY: Lord, I have a problem, as You know. Please help me with it. Amen.

This Daily Devotion was written by:
Dr. Kari Vo.
Lutheran Hour Ministries-www.lhm.org