"Your Mom is pushy!"

John 2:1-11

 The third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the wine gave out, the mother of Jesus said to him, "They have no wine."


And Jesus said to her, "Woman, what concern is that to you and to me? My hour has not yet come."

 His mother said to the servants, "Do whatever he tells you."

I put a subtitle of my own on this when I posted it on my Facebook page. It read,  "Otherwise known as 'Mary helped Jesus fill out his college applications.' "

 I was delighted to once again read this story of Mary pushing and encouraging Jesus to do what she knows he is born to do... what he is capable of doing.  As a mom of a senior getting ready to audition for Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting programs around the country, it feels comforting to read the words in John and know that even Mary is a pushy mom, a mom who is always encouraging her kid to do the next thing around the bend.

So, in week 3 of "This is Your Life, Jesus" we have perhaps the most important player of all in Jesus' journey to being Savior of the World. Mary, who uncompromisingly agrees to be the mother of Emmanuel, despite the dangers and the trouble that would bring her way.  Mary, in this passage, stands there and gives Jesus a little push onto the Savior Stage.  You can almost hear her whisper, "Go on... do it... change the water into wine... change these people's lives... change the world."

It is important to note that Jesus did not feel like 'the hour had come' for him to begin his work, for him to show the miracles he could offer to the world.  His mom, however, knew better.  What daily miracles do we forego because we fear the timing isn't right?  What people would we be better off to listen to when they nudge us to move forward even when we don't feel ready?

Remember Mary when you think about the Wedding at Cana.  Without her, the water does not change to wine and Jesus misses the opportunity for his first recorded, public miracle to occur.  Fortunately he was a good son and listened to his mother when SHE knew the time was right.

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Jesus did this, the first of his signs, in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.