# 33 His Command Over Earthly Elements

John 2:9-11 When the master of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and did not know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom. And he said to him, "Every man at the beginning sets out the good wine, and when the guests have well drunk, then the inferior. You have kept the good wine until now!" This beginning of signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and manifested His glory; and His disciples believed in Him

“This beginning of signs.”

Jesus turns water used for purification into wine at a wedding in Cana. This “sign” was attested to by the master’s servants. They knew what had supernaturally taken place with this earthly element called water. They had poured the water into the jars at His command, and it was in their obedience to His command that the water became wine. The transformation of the water into wine went through Jesus as the servants obediently followed Jesus’ instructions.

This would be the first of many times that Jesus proved His Messiahship through His mastery and command of earthly elements. While He walked this earth, He healed diseases. He walked on water. He knew where the fish were. He turned fish and bread into a feast for 5000, and on and on we could go.

This mastery over the elements was even on display on the night in which He was betrayed! The Apostle Paul tells us in  1Co 11:23-27, “For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread;  24 and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, "Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me." 25 In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me." 26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death till He comes. 27 Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.”

This bread is my body, this cup is my blood. Can’t be much plainer than that! The abuse of this holy meal does not make you guilty of the bread and wine, but the body and blood of Jesus!

We have no problem believing this miracle at Cana, but why do we struggle with believing this miracle performed on His last night on earth.

Something that has helped me in this regard is the miracle of the feeding of the 5000. In that miracle he blessed the bread and the fish, and with the blessing, the miracle was on! The loaves and the fishes became enough real fish and enough real bread to feed 5000.

How many people do you think Jesus could’ve fed that day? I hope your answer would be, “As many as came to the table?”

And so it is with this miracle on the night in which He was betrayed. By His blessing and command the bread became His real Body. By His blessing and command the wine became His real blood and He will provide that real body and real blood for the remission of sins to as many people who keep coming to His table, until He returns!