If you would like to extend this over a week, you can easily do one of the points each day of your devotion.  Here is a printable version.

Read:

John 2:1-10 - On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus' mother was there, 2 and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. 3 When the wine was gone, Jesus' mother said to him, "They have no more wine." 4 "Dear woman, why do you involve me?" Jesus replied. "My time has not yet come." 5 His mother said to the servants, "Do whatever he tells you." 6 Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons. 7 Jesus said to the servants, "Fill the jars with water"; so they filled them to the brim. 8 Then he told them, "Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet." They did so, 9 and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside 10 and said, "Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now."

Question:  Have you ever been to a wedding where something funny has happened? _________
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Question:  Why do you think Jesus turned the water into wine and did not do a miracle that was more grand?  ________________________________________________________________________________
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This miracle has a lot to do with people’s expectations.
 
Question:  Have you ever had expectations that have not been met? __________ If so, what were they?  _____________________________________________________________________________________________
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Question:  Have you ever had unmet expectations of God?  ____________________________________
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Big idea:  Recognize that things may get worse before God makes them better.
 
1 Peter 5:10 - …after you have suffered a little while, (God)…will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.
 
Question:  Have you ever had a situation that has gone from bad to worse? ___________________
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Question: How do you handle unmet expectations from either God or other people? _________
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How do we live through unmet expectations?  
 
Look to Jesus for your solution.
 
Question:  Have you ever looked somewhere other than God to meet that expectation? ______
What was it that you looked to? __________________________________________________________________
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John 2:10 - "Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now."

*  Jesus saves the best for last.

*  Principle in scripture: Things may get worse before God makes them better, but He will always make them better.
 
John 16:24 – “Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete.”
 
Question:  Have you even asked for it?  _________________________________________________________
 
Do what Jesus says.
 
John 2:5 - (Jesus’s) mother said to the servants, "Do whatever (Jesus) tells you."
 
Question:  Has He asked you to do something about it that you haven’t done? ________________
What do you need to do? ________________________________________________________________________
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James 2:17 - …faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.
 
We say we want God to show up in our area of unmet needs, but are we obeying the part
that he has called us to?

For instance, we want God to show up in our finances, but are we obeying God’s principles
about finances?
 
*  Because Jesus and the servants obeyed, a miracle happened.
 
Exodus 20:12 - "Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
 
Question:  Jesus is the answer to your unmet need. Are you looking toward Him and in what areas do you need to improve?  _________________________________________________________________
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James 2:18 - …I will show you my faith by what I do.