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Day 4 of 47 going through John's gospel - more info at https://www.severnvineyard.org/time-space-jesus

What could happen if you take time and make space with Jesus today? This ten-minute podcast is part reading, part music, and part silence, all designed to help you create a space to picture and feel the scene with Jesus in it. You can use this space in lots of ways, including meditation, prayer, re-reading the passage or thinking about what it means for you today.

Today's reflection: What would it be like to see Jesus perform a miracle in person?

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On the third day, there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee. Jesus\u2019 mother was there. Jesus and his disciples were also invited. When the wine ran out, Jesus\u2019 mother said to him, \u201cThey have no more wine.\u201d

Jesus said to her, \u201cWoman, what does that have to do with you and me? My time has not yet come.\u201d

His mother said to the servants, \u201cWhatever he says to you, do it.\u201d

Now there were six stone water pots there, for Jewish ceremonial washing, that could hold twenty or thirty gallons each. Jesus said to the servants, \u201cFill the water pots with water.\u201d So they filled them up to the brim. Then Jesus said, \u201cNow draw some out, and take it to the head waiter.\u201d So they took it.

When the head waiter tasted the water which had turned into wine, and didn\u2019t know where it came from (only the servants who had drawn the water knew), the head waiter called the bridegroom and said to him, \u201cEveryone serves the good wine first, and when the guests have had a skinful, they serve the not-so-good wine. But you have kept the good wine until now!\u201d

What Jesus did here in Cana of Galilee, was the first of his signs revealing his glory; and his disciples believed in him.

After this, Jesus went down to Capernaum with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples; and they stayed there a few days.

The Jewish Passover was getting near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple, he found the people who sold oxen, sheep, and doves, and the money changers sitting at their tables. He made a whip of cords and drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep and the oxen; and he scattered the money changers\u2019 coins and overturned their tables. To those who sold the doves, he said, \u201cTake these things out of here! Don\u2019t make my Father\u2019s house a marketplace!\u201d His disciples remembered that it was written, \u201cZeal for your house will consume me.\u201d

So the Jews responded, \u201cWhat sign can you show us? What\u2019s your authority to do these things?\u201d

Jesus answered them, \u201cDestroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.\u201d

The Jews said, \u201cIt took forty-six years to build this temple! You are going to raise it up in three days?\u201d But Jesus spoke about the temple of his body. So when he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he said this, and they believed the Scripture and the words that Jesus had said.

Now when Jesus was in Jerusalem at the Passover feast, many believed in his name after seeing his signs. But Jesus didn\u2019t entrust himself to them because he knew what people are like, and because he didn\u2019t need anyone to testify about human nature; Jesus already knew what is in each human heart.