Mary, the mother of Jesus, assumed leadership in this situation and determined to solve the problem. She asked Jesus to "do something."
At first he put her off by saying, "It is not yet my time."
But she refused to take no for an answer and told the servants to do whatever Jesus told them to.
Lesson?
Got a problem?
Call Jesus and don't take no for an answer. If he communicates to you in some way, in Scripture or more directly, do whatever he tells you to do.
This is what the servants did. After they filled six water jars with water, Jesus turned that water into wine.
Problem solved.
This often happens when Jesus gets involved and gains our cooperation. Not only is a problem solved, in this case, a humiliating deficit is turned into a joyful abundance. This happy ending would never have happened if, when the wine ran out, everyone had focused on who was to blame. After all, it was someone's fault that there wasn't enough wine.
Faultfinding and blame shifting not only kills problem solving, it's something Jesus repeatedly refused to get involved in. So Mary didn't go there. She focused on the need for more and Jesus as provider.
Another thought....
Running out of celebration wine is a significant social embarrassment, but not a life and death issue.
Why would Jesus perform his first miracle simply to prolong a party and protect people from shame?
We might ask such a question if we see Jesus as primarily concerned with the big spiritual issues of life...
sin
forgiveness
obedience
redemption
the last judgment
etc.
But this story shows that Jesus cares about what we care about.
He is in every corner of our lives, seeking to repair and add value to all of it.
He is within our love of babies, baseball, barbeque, and all the rest.