Waggoner on the Gospel of John - Ellet J. Waggoner

carpenter's bench, entirely lost to public view. A
mighty work was committed to Him, and from
earliest childhood He knew that He must be about
His Father's business, yet He seems to have made
no haste to appear in public. Shall we say that He
was not doing His Father's business all the time?
Not by any means. What a lesson to us, who are so
prone to think that we are not doing any active
service for the Master unless we are engaged in
some public service. And then note how often in
the very short time He had for public labour, we
find Him attending some feast or other. He never
seems to have been in a hurry. Why not? The
reason is that He dwelt in eternity, and laboured in
its strength. He who has all eternity, need never be
flurried; even so with Him who labours with the
power of an endless life. But whether attending a
wedding feast or preaching to the multitudes, Jesus
was about His Father's business. The glory of God
was always revealed, whether He ate or drank or
preached.
The wine gave out, but what mattered that
when the true wine was present? The element of
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