Ester 4:15-17 “Filling the Jars”

Ester 4:15-17 “Filling the Jars”

In the past few weeks we have been looking at the wedding in Cana of Galilee.  We considered why John put this in His Gospel and its placement.  Next we considered why Mary got Jesus involved. Last week we looked at the stone jars that represent the law, and the wine that represents Jesus’s blood poured out for our forgiveness.

Now consider this. You are one of the servants; you have heard Mary and Jesus talking. Mary comes over and says “do whatever he ask” and Jesus says “Fill the Jars with water” These jars of stone so they are not lite. They hold 20 to 30 Gallons of water each, that’s 120 to 180 gallons of water. These servants are going to wherever the water is and carry it tow the wedding site and fill these jars. This is a lot of work. Why didn’t Jesus Just fill the jars by snapping His fingers? He could have touched the Jars and they would fill with water.

I believe the answer is that the servants needed to know what was in the jars. They needed to know that they had filled the jars with water.  We also need to know that the servants had to work hard to put the water in the jars. There is the hard work of the soul that is needed for some miracles to take place.

1.       Ester 4:15-17
a. 1 kings 18:31-35 Elijah and the prophets of Baal
b. 2 kings 5:9&10 Naaman the leper
c. Acts 8:26-31 Philip and the road to Gaza
d. John 9:6&7 go and wash

2.       Faith demands action

a.       At the wedding it meant filling the Jars

b.      How crazy is that

3.       The hard work of the soul
a.   getting ready to fish

c.       Want to catch fish

d.      Win the game

e.      Want to lose weight

f.        Save for retirement

g.       We want a new and vibrant church

4.       What do you want God to do in your life?

a.       What is the hard work of the soul you need to do?

b.      What is the seed of faith God wants you to bring to the miracle table?

c.       Our churches success will come when each of us doing the hard work of the soul

I am sure the servants thought filling the Jars with water was hard work. I am sure they thought it a useless job and Jesus a nut. But without the hard work of filling the Jars with water there would be no wine for the wedding. No matter how crazy or difficult the task God has placed on your heart, your work of faith will bring the miracle you need.