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Our Lord calls his people always to be helpers in blessing this world. We cannot do much. The best we can bring is a little of the common water of earth; but if we bring that to him he can change it into the rich wine of heaven, which will bless weary and fainting ones. If we take simply what we have and use it as he commands, it will do good. Moses had only a rod in his hand, but with this he wrought great wonders. The disciples had only five barley loaves, but these, touched by Christ’s hand, made a feast for thousands. The common water carried by the servants, under the Master’s benediction, became wine for the wedding.
Christ passes the gifts of his love and grace through human hands to others. The redemption is divine, wrought by Christ alone, but the priesthood that mediates it is human; human hands must distribute the blessings. Then we have the assurance that our most prosaic work leaves heavenly results. No labor is in vain which is wrought in the name of the Lord. Our commonest work amid life’s trivialities, in business, in the household, which seems but like the carrying of water to be emptied out again, is transformed into radiant service like angel ministry, and leaves glorious results behind. The simplest things we do at Christ’s bidding may become immortal blessings to other souls, or to our own.