Charles Spurgeon Commentary John 2:10

"and saith unto him, Every man setteth on first the good wine; and when [men] have drunk freely, [then] that which is worse: thou hast kept the good wine until now." — John 2:10 (ASV)

The governor of the feast did not understand this, yet he admired it, and this illustrates what our Lord always does. He gives his people the best last.

At first, the wine of the kingdom is mixed with much bitterness, and salt tears of sorrow flow into it, but it improves as we go on. And when we will drink it with him, in the kingdom of God, what will it be like?

The joy of Christ's love on earth is heaven; but when we get to heaven and drink it fresh from the everlasting spring, what will that joy be?

Oh, the blessedness stored up for the people of God! We pluck some of the fruit from the trees and eat it; but the fruits stored up in the storeroom, to ripen later, are the choicest fruit from the tree of life. You who live for the world have had your best already; but as for our feast with Christ, we go from good to better, and from better to the best.