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04 - Water into wine
Kirk Reflections 19th January 2025
Revd. Erick du Toit brings this week's reflection from Kirkliston Parish Church, Scotland.
WATER INTO WINE.
“Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now.” (John 2:10)
I grew up in the town of Wellington, SA, surrounded by vineyards.
For this reason, drinking wine was something we got use to from a young age. And by that, I mean from about 15/16 or so. My dad started pouring us kids a glass of red cabernet sauvignon or shiraz with our Sunday roast.
Initially, I didn’t like it that much – but it grew on me.
Only later at Uni did I discover that in order be a real connoisseur you had to spit out the wine after the swirling and the whiff of aromas. It all felt a wee bit pretentious (and wasteful!) to be honest.
I hope that’s not one of the reasons that wedding banquet in John 2 ran short of wine!
Jesus as the Master of the Banquet transforms water into wine to introduce to us another side of himself: one that is not simply
interested in our lives when we’re in crisis mode. But one that reveals him to be a loving, caring, and compassionate character interested also in the small and seemingly insignificant things of our existence.
And He’s constantly busy transforming us if we allow him to through his Spirit… that we in turn, can become the proverbial ‘best wine’ the world has ever tasted by sensing and seeing Jesus in OUR lives.
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By Kirkliston ParishKirk Reflections 19th January 2025
Revd. Erick du Toit brings this week's reflection from Kirkliston Parish Church, Scotland.
WATER INTO WINE.
“Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now.” (John 2:10)
I grew up in the town of Wellington, SA, surrounded by vineyards.
For this reason, drinking wine was something we got use to from a young age. And by that, I mean from about 15/16 or so. My dad started pouring us kids a glass of red cabernet sauvignon or shiraz with our Sunday roast.
Initially, I didn’t like it that much – but it grew on me.
Only later at Uni did I discover that in order be a real connoisseur you had to spit out the wine after the swirling and the whiff of aromas. It all felt a wee bit pretentious (and wasteful!) to be honest.
I hope that’s not one of the reasons that wedding banquet in John 2 ran short of wine!
Jesus as the Master of the Banquet transforms water into wine to introduce to us another side of himself: one that is not simply
interested in our lives when we’re in crisis mode. But one that reveals him to be a loving, caring, and compassionate character interested also in the small and seemingly insignificant things of our existence.
And He’s constantly busy transforming us if we allow him to through his Spirit… that we in turn, can become the proverbial ‘best wine’ the world has ever tasted by sensing and seeing Jesus in OUR lives.