He Can Change Water into Wine in Our Lives

 

If He Can Turn Water to Wine …

By Adam C. Olson

Church Magazines

Liahona Jan 2023

3. “And they filled them up to the brim”

The Savior directed the servants to fill six waterpots of stone with water. “And they filled them up to the brim” (John 2:6–7).

While experts have suggested different amounts, it is probably safe to say that each pot held several gallons. Whether it’s harder to turn one gallon or 100 gallons of water into wine, I don’t know. What has changed my life is the idea that Jesus has the power to change one thing into something entirely different. He didn’t just make wine-flavored water; He took water, with its simple molecular structure, and turned it into wine, a complex mixture of hundreds of chemical compounds.

If He can do that, then He can turn my challenges into blessings—not just adding a silver lining to the storm but actually changing the substance of the trial into something that blesses me (see Romans 8:28; 2 Nephi 2:2).

And if He can do it with one challenge, He can do it with all of them. So when life seems filled to the brim with trials, remember that He can change water into wine. He can exchange ashes for beauty (see Isaiah 61:3). He can take evil and turn it to good (see Genesis 50:20). He can turn my mistakes into growth and take my sins and change them from condemnation to progress.³

And, to me, that realization is the most significant of all. This miracle that I once overlooked has taught me that through His power, if we have the faith to do what He asks, He can change us from what we were into what we can become—like Him.