Several people in the Bible preformed miracles, but none did them quite like Jesus.  His first miracle was pure Liquid Alchemy.  He changed ordinary water into a fine wine.  It turned out to be a nice wedding present for the newlyweds, and they were impressed!  So were His mom and His disciples (tradition says Joseph Mary’s husband was dead at this time).  Weddings in Jesus’ day were usually week-long festivals.  Banquets would be prepared for many guests, and the week would be spent celebrating the new life of the married couple.  Often the whole town was invited, and everybody would come.  To run out of wine would be considered very poor planning and obviously embarrassing.  Jesus’ mother asked her son to help solve the problem of finding more wine.  She was most likely not asking Jesus to do a miracle—just find more wine for the guests.  Jesus’ answer to her request was in the Bible verse John 2:4 “Dear woman, why do you involve me?  My time has not yet come.”  This answer might have been difficult to understand for Mary, but maybe that is the point.  Although Mary did not understand what Jesus was going to do, she trusted him to do what was right.  Do we trust him like this?  Those who believe in Jesus, but run into situations they cannot understand must continue to trust that he will work in the best way—as he always did.

From then on, Jesus’ miracles were spectacular and numerous.  He walked on water, calmed a stormy sea. Drove demons out of people, healed leprosy, paralysis, bleeding, epilepsy, blindness, fever, pain, and anything else you can think of!  In case those miracles didn’t impress everyone, Jesus kicked things up a notch by raising people from the dead!  There was a 12 year old daughter of a synagogue ruler named Jairus.  There was a young son of a widow in Nain.  There was Jesus’ good friend Lazarus.  Later on Jesus said in the Bible to a group of antagonistic Jews, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days”.  Later on, Jesus did it!  The Cornerstone “Still” works miracles in our lives.

Chief Cornerstone (1 Peter 2:6; Isaiah 28:16), stone is symbolic of many things in Scripture.  It is figurative of Jesus, of the believer, and of the Word itself.  Peter describes Jesus as “A living stone” and as “A chief cornerstone” (1 Peter 2:4-6) and those redeemed by His blood as “living stones” (1 Peter 2:5).  To those who don’t recognize Him, he is a “rock of offense”, “A stumbling block” (1 Peter 2:8).  In any building the cornerstone is fundamental.  The foundation of the Church Christ is building has been laid strong and deep, in the eternal counsels of God (Isaiah 28:16; Corinthians 3:11 and Peter 1:20).  The materials are chosen by the Master Builder, brought together and shaped by Him (Isaiah 51:1 and Ephesians 1:4).  The Master Builder brings His pattern from heaven (1 Chronicles 28:11 and Hebrews 8:5), and builds according to His own image (Colossians 3:10).  Who do you want building your life?