God stands there, offering us the Gospel. The Lord is offering us His instructions. What God offers is a superabundance, more than we could ever need. There in Cana, Jesus gives the people at the wedding feast 180 gallons, or 900 bottles, or 4,500 glasses of wine. Jesus gives them wine that blows away all expectations, all concept of what a good wine is. He offers something that is greater than anything we can ever produce. The problem is, we are too drunk on the inferior wines of the world to realize what incredible wine God is setting before us.

We are absent from the culture, because we have not shown to the world the value of Faith. We are absent from culture because we have not engaged with culture. The world does not know God because we do not teach the world who He is. We need to be priestly, offering prayer and fasting for the good of the world around us. We need to be prophetic, offering God’s word and leading people to the joy and hope of the Gospel. We need to be kingly, subduing our passions and becoming Holy Saints. We need to live out our Baptismal identities. We need to be Holy.