6.15-Week 1- Wednesday-God is often invited to the wedding, why not invite Him to the marriage?

John 2.

2 On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there; ² and both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding. ³ When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus *said to Him, “They have no wine.” ⁴ And Jesus *said to her, “Woman, ^[a]what does that have to do with us? My hour has not yet come.” ⁵ His mother *said to the servants, “Whatever He says to you, do it.” ⁶ Now there were six stone waterpots set there for the Jewish custom of purification, containing ^[b]twenty or thirty gallons each. ⁷ Jesus *said to them, “Fill the waterpots with water.” So they filled them up to the brim. ⁸ And He *said to them, “Draw some out now and take it to the ^[c]headwaiter.” So they took it to him. ⁹ When the headwaiter tasted the water which had become wine, and did not know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the headwaiter *called the bridegroom, ¹⁰ and *said to him, “Every man serves the good wine first, and when the people have ^[d]drunk freely, then he serves the poorer wine; but you have kept the good wine until now.” ¹¹ This beginning of His ^[e]signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and manifested His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.

¹² After this He went down to Capernaum, He and His mother and His brothers and His disciples; and they stayed there a few days.

First Passover—Cleansing the Temple

¹³ The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. ¹⁴ And He found in the temple those who were selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables. ¹⁵ And He made a scourge of cords, and drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen; and He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables; ¹⁶ and to those who were selling the doves He said, “Take these things away; stop making My Father’s house a ^[f]place of business.” ¹⁷ His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for Your house will consume me.”

Psalm 4.

4 Answer me when I call, O God ^[b]of my righteousness!
You have ^[c]relieved me in my distress;
Be gracious to me and hear my prayer.

² O sons of men, how long will my ^[d]honor become a reproach?
How long will you love what is worthless and aim at deception? ^[e]Selah.
³ But know that the Lord has ^[f]set apart the godly man for Himself;
The Lord hears when I call to Him.

^4 [g]Tremble, ^[h]and do not sin;
^[i]Meditate in your heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
⁵ Offer ^[j]the sacrifices of righteousness,
And trust in the Lord.

⁶ Many are saying, “Who will show us any good?”
Lift up the light of Your countenance upon us, O Lord!
⁷ You have put gladness in my heart,
More than when their grain and new wine abound.
⁸ In peace I will ^[k]both lie down and sleep,
For You alone, O Lord, make me to dwell in safety.