Mike Focht 5/16/2025
Weddings are a hot topic in our day and age. There are so many profound questions we are wrestling with! What is marriage? Is it only between a man and a woman? Can a believer and an unbeliever be married? Should a Christian remarry after divorce? Should the church do the wedding of two professed Christians living together? Should someone attend a gay wedding ceremony?
These are serious questions; some are even worth dividing over. In the middle of all the problematic issues surrounding weddings, it is very easy to forget something—God loves weddings! How do we know that? Two simple reasons. First, marriage is His gift to us before the fall. Second, Jesus Christ, the very image of God, shows us what God is like. We can learn easily forgotten lessons about marriage and weddings by looking at Jesus.
The Scriptures tell us, Now both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding. Jesus and His disciples attended a wedding in Cana of Galilee. We know that Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever. That means Jesus is still pleased to attend weddings to which He and His disciples are invited. Let every man and woman sending Him an invitation to join their special occasion take heart!
The Scriptures also tell us, This beginning of signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee. Jesus could have done His first public miracle anywhere or with anyone. Yet, He saw fit first to extend His miraculous power at a wedding. That environment was best suited for the supernatural disclosure of His glory and power. And the miracle was one of blessing and joy, not judgment or warning. It was right for Jesus to display His goodness there. Weddings, then, remain a fitting Eden for the miracles of God.
The Scriptures also tell us Jesus, manifested His glory; and His disciples believed in Him. The servants of God at the wedding were brought into the revelation of His glory in a way that caused them to believe. At a wedding, His servants were made aware of His gracious, giving, and blessed Person in a new and unique way. Weddings are still occasions where God is blessed to build the faith of His disciples.
Our fallen world has made marriage and weddings a place of great division and conflict—and on some level, it must be so. That said, we should never forget the wonderful truth that something more can happen. At the wedding where Jesus Christ and His disciples are sincerely invited and welcomed, God’s heart is to attend, bless, make Himself known, and build the faith of His servants.