Water into wine............

That story about Jesus at the wedding in Cana is pretty impressive.  You know the one, where Jesus turns water into wine.  Not just a glassful, but 6 jars holding 20-30 gallons each.  180 gallons of wine, and not the cheap stuff either.  It was a fine pinot grigio of a special blend (OK, I made that part up).  Everyone was surprised.

Well, not everyone.  The servants knew what had happened, who had changed water into wine.  The servants knew that this Jesus had amazing power.  The servants knew that Jesus could transform the most ordinary water into a fine sign of God's blessing in 180 gallons of wine.

This is our mission too.  To transform the ordinary into a sign of God's abundant blessing.  Not because we need a good glass of wine, but because our neighbor needs to know that God is present and God cares about even the most mundane of situations.  As the hands and feet of Jesus in the world, our work is to be change agents.....agents of transformation....agents of grace and peace and forgiveness.  This is our mission, the one we took up in the waters of baptism.

Doesn't it excite you just a little, to think that the power of the Spirit that flowed through Jesus in that backwater wedding flows through us too?  It's more than just serving a meal to someone who is hungry, it's laying claim to the power of God which is working through you.

We have already drunk the fine wine of God's presence in Jesus: we have tasted forgiveness, we have experienced acceptance, we have seen signs of resurrection.  Now we spread out into the world to offer this same fine wine to our neighbors near and far.

This is our mission: and it isn't at all impossible.