2 "On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. 2 Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples. 3 When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” 4 And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet come.” 5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”
6 Now there were six stone water jars there for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. 7 Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” And they filled them up to the brim. 8 And he said to them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast.”So they took it. 9 When the master of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom 10 and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine. But you have kept the good wine until now.”11 This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory. And his disciples believed in him."
John 2:1-11
One can easily see the evangelistic value of this sign. John is in effect saying: 'This is what our Saviour can do for you; if only you will trust Him He can make all things new - old things will pass away if you believe in His Name.' What the apostle is crying out, if we have ears to hear, is, 'O taste and see that the Lord is good, blessed is the man that trusteth in Him'. Just as in the beginning, the Spirit of God brooded upon the face of the waters and on the darkness of the deep, so here the Incarnate Word brings order out of chaos and beauty out of naught.
A word about the phrase 'Mine hour is not yet come'; Christ's glory was manifested, but only partially, it was only a glimpse of it the disciples had, and it was because His hour was not yet come. The full glory (i) awaited the cross, his hour of passion and victory; and (ii) awaits the crowning Day. There is a 'not yet' in the gospel. We are saved in hope. In this sense, the miracle points forward to the marriage supper of the Lamb, when the glorious consummation of full redemption takes place, and all things will be new.
Finally, we are told that the disciples believed in Him. The 'sign' was effectual. This is what made and strengthened faith for them and it should make and strengthen faith for us too. We see, then, the value of understanding the Word, finding its meaning through the patient teaching of the Spirit, for it is through the Word that faith dawns and doubts depart.