Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim. John 2:7
Do you believe the servants in this story had any faith that Jesus could resolve the problem of a lack of wine? Either they did or they didn’t. The fact that they did as He told them shows that they either believed Him and rushed to obey Him, or else they did not believe and rushed to embarrass Him. After all, they had no experience with Jesus power. He had not yet performed any miracles; this was to be the first. But the bottom line is they did as He told them and blessing resulted. The fact that they filled the waterpots to the brim meant that there was as much blessing as possible. And that’s a nice lesson for us today as we look for the Lord’s blessing.
Can we see these servants as they go about their work? They have received an unusual command that makes no sense by itself. But they obeyed. Sometimes, we are directed to do things that don’t make much sense by themselves. But we need to remember that God never asks us to understand, He just asks us to obey. It is our acting in faith and not acting in understanding that He can use to His glory. So we do what He says, and leave the miracles to Him. And, like these servants, we do what he says, and exactly what He says. To these servants, filling the waterpots meant filling them to the brim, not just filling them to the usual level. It meant more work, but it resulted in more blessing. It also resulted in a greater miracle. How much more blessing would we see for God if we injected this kind of effort into our service for our Lord?
Blessing results, not from our belief, nor our understanding, nor our expectation, but from our obedience. And the greater our obedience, the greater God can bless! -Jim MacIntosh