Jesus had lived most of His life so far as an obsure carpenter. The Bible doesn't say much at all about His life since He was 12 years old. But, here the narrative commences again. He, His mother and His disciples were invited to a wedding in Cana, near His home town. We don't even know whose wedding it was. We only have recorded the miracle that Jesus performed (this was His first). During the course of the feast, they ran out of wine. We don't know why. Maybe there was poor planning. Maybe the people were not wealthy enough to buy sufficient wine. At any rate, the servants wondered what to do. When Mary, Jesus' mother, heard their predicament, she told Jesus about it, and she told the servants to do whatever He told them. Jesus told them to fill the waterpots with water and take it to the governor of the feast. Obediently, they filled them up to the brim. When the governor tasted the wine, he said that it was very good.
Are we like those servants? When Jesus spoke, they obeyed. They filled the pots to the brim. How often does God want to bless us, but we only fill our pots half full and miss half of the blessing? God wants to abundantly supply our needs. The only limiting factors are we. Maybe we're too lazy or maybe we can't see why we should be working so hard. But when God says, "Jump," we should say, "How high?" God will bless us for complete and full obedience just as he did these servants who filled their pots to the brim.
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