There’s a story about G. K. Chesterton traveling on a train, absorbed in a book. He suddenly awoke to his surroundings and discovered that he was on a train, but he had forgotten where he was going. He got out at the next station and sent a telegram from there to his wife. The telegram said, “I’m here; where ought I to be?” The reply came back from his wife; “Look at your ticket.” Now that is our predicament as Christians. We’ve not only forgotten where we are going - many of us have even forgotten that we have a ticket.

It’s significant that on this Communion Sunday we come in our preaching through John’s Gospel to His first miracle — turning water into wine at a wedding feast. Someone has suggested that while the first miracle of Jesus was that of turning water into wine, ever since his…