39 At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea, 40 where she entered Zechariah’s home and greeted Elizabeth. 41 When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. 42 In a loud voice she exclaimed: “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear! 43 But why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? 44 As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. 45 Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises to her!” 46 And Mary said: “My soul glorifies the Lord 47 and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, 48 for he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed, 49 for the Mighty One has done great things for me—holy is his name. 50 His mercy extends to those who fear him, from generation to generation. 51 He has performed mighty deeds with his arm; he has scattered those who are proud in their inmost thoughts. 52 He has brought down rulers from their thrones but has lifted up the humble. 53 He has filled the hungry with good things but has sent the rich away empty. 54 He has helped his servant Israel, remembering to be merciful 55 to Abraham and his descendants forever, just as he promised our ancestors.” 56 Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home. (Luke 1:39-56)
Elizabeth was a relative of Mary. When Mary learned from the angel that Elizabeth was six months pregnant, she hurried from Nazareth to Elizabeth’s home in Judea. At Mary’s greeting, her baby leaped for joy in her womb. Earlier, when the angel appeared to Zechariah and told him that John the Baptist world be filled with the Holy Spirit in the womb. Elizabeth called Mary the mother of my Lord, knowing that the child she was carrying, the Lord Jesus, was her Lord, the Son of God. Mary said, “From now on all generations will call me blessed.” But many in our generations don’t call her blessed. Because of her humility, God lifted her up. God’s value is contrary to the world’s value. He lifts up the humble, fills the hungry with good things, and sends the rich away empty.
1 On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, 2 and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. 3 When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.” 4 “Woman, why do you involve me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.” 6 Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons. 7 Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water”; so they filled them to the brim. 8 Then he told them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.” They did so, 9 and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside 10 and said, “Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now.” 11 What Jesus did here in Cana of Galilee was the first of the signs through which he revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him. (John 2:1-11)
Here we see a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and Mary, the mother of Jesus, along with Jesus and his disciples, were invited to the wedding. Before the wedding was over, the wine ran out, and Mary told Jesus about it, would like him to perform a miracle. The Lord Jesus had not intended to perform a miracle, as His time had not yet come. However, because of Mary’s intercession, He performed a miracle He had not intended to perform. This shows the importance of Mary’s intercession, the Lord Jesus greatly respected her intercession. The first miracle He performed was one He had not intended to perform, but he did it because of Mary’s intercession.
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