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Progress in the Process

In today’s reading, we’ll focus on the back-breaking work the servants endured to fill the six 20-30 gallon jars with water.

The jars the servants filled with water were normally used for a ceremonial washing—something the Jews did daily. These ritual washings were a continual reminder of their ongoing need to live a clean and holy life. The trouble was, no amount of washing or good works were ever going to be enough. Jesus knew this. In fact, it’s why He came. Today, we are examining our need. Tomorrow, we will look at the provision.

Let’s look back at the workers for a minute. I can imagine the servants wondering if their work would be in vain, or maybe feeling like it was a waste of their time and energy.

Have you been where the wedding servants were? You gave everything, did what you were supposed to, and asked, “What’s the point?”

So often we allow our thoughts to become fixated on what we do not understand. We try to make logical sense of something that goes beyond us. Like the filling of the water jars, your current situation is an opportunity for God to work beyond your hopes and needs. God takes our ordinary and through Christ in us, makes it extraordinary. What God can do with your current situation is beyond your understanding. Trust the process.

Let’s change the way we think. Instead of giving so much thought to what you do not know, reflect on what is true.

Remain faithful to “filling the jars” because it is in the process of obedience that something supernatural can happen. Keep going. Keep showing up. We serve an abundant God who is faithful and able to change what was not into what is!

Consider:

What do you think using such a large amount of water/wine implies about God’s character? What might it represent about God’s kingdom?

Have you ever felt like the servants at the wedding? How can you keep showing up and being obedient, even when you don’t understand what God is doing?

Prayer:

Generous Father, may my life be a reflection of Your abundance living in me! Fill me to the brim! May I overflow with You! I will not give up in the middle of the grind. Thank You for strengthening me in the process. While I wait for Your provisions, I will trust in You.

*Remember to keep writing your notes in your Jesus Is … journal.