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\u201cJesus said to the servants, \u2018Fill the jars with water.\u2019 And they filled them up to the brim.\u201d <\/em>John 2:7 ESV<\/p>\n

Filled to the Brim<\/strong><\/h2>\n

I recently read about Jesus\u2019 first miracle, the turning of water into wine at the Cana wedding (John 2:1-12). They ran out of wine, which in that time and culture would\u2019ve been a social disgrace that would most likely have haunted the bride and groom the rest of their lives. Jesus\u2019 mother asked Him to solve the problem. He didn\u2019t seem to want get involved, saying \u201cMy hour has not yet come<\/em>\u201d, but this was Mom, and so she told the servants to do whatever He told them to do.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve read this portion of Scripture many times but I don\u2019t ever remember noticing that when Jesus asked them to fill the jars (six of them containing 20 or 30 gallons each), they filled them to the brim. We\u2019re talking 120-180 gallons of water! There was no faucet or hose to fill them with\u2014they would\u2019ve been carrying the water in buckets from a well somewhere. There must\u2019ve been something in the authority in which He spoke or His demeanor for them to fill them clear to the brim.<\/p>\n

How wonderful that Jesus invited the servants to be a part of His first public miracle. He could\u2019ve simply filled the jars full of wine, but He didn\u2019t. I also love the servant\u2019s hearts\u2014they could\u2019ve filled them half full, but they didn\u2019t. He then tells them to take the wine to the master of the feast. Amazingly, they did what He told them to do without ever tasting it. What if the wine had still been water or had tasted bad? They would\u2019ve been in serious trouble and the bride and groom even more disgraced.<\/p>\n

The master of the feast called to the bridegroom and said, \u201cEveryone serves the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine. But you have kept the good wine until now.\u201d <\/em>I imagine that was something that would\u2019ve been talked about for a long time, every bit as much as if they\u2019d ran out of wine. But instead of disgraced, they would be remembered as being generous and blessed.<\/p>\n

What is my heart when Jesus asks me to do something? Am I all in? Do I do whatever it is to the top, to the best of my ability, to the brim? Jesus invites us to be part of His miracles every day, but do we answer? I wonder if the servants were able to taste the wine they had a small part in making because of their obedience? I personally would like to think they did.<\/p>\n

Jesus loves to bless us. He wants to fill us to the brim, overflowing, with His Holy Spirit, His Living Water, which is better than any wine.<\/p>\n

Father God, thank You for inviting us to be part of Your miracles. Thank You for filling us to the brim with Your Spirit. Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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