Jesus says love one another. He doesn’t care if we agree with the statement our co-worker just put on Facebook. He doesn’t care if someone just cut in front of you and caused you to spill your coffee. He is talking about the kingdom of God, where love is the rule, not an eye for an eye.
In our Scripture today, Jesus sets off the crowd. Everything is going fine – he reads a scripture from Isaiah, and he declares, “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing,” meaning he is claiming to be the fulfillment of the prophesy, identifying himself as the Messiah who brings God’s salvation.
The obvious message in this passage is in the transformation. When Christ transforms the water, the result was better than the wine they began the feast with. If we place our confidence in Jesus and trust that he will do what is necessary, imagine what Christ can do with us.