The following devotion is taken from
the “Red-Letter Day”
devotion
day 7 from YouVersion.com,
and this caught my attention.
I pray you too will spend some time
thinking about what we are thirsty for.
May God fulfill our thirst for Him!
After this, Jesus, knowing that all
things had already been accomplished, to fulfill the Scripture, said, "I
am thirsty."
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A
jar full of sour wine was standing there; so they put a sponge full of the sour
wine upon a branch of hyssop
and brought it up to His mouth. 30
Therefore
when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, "It
is finished!"
And He bowed His head and gave up His spirit.
John 19:28 says that in Jesus’ final
moments, He said, “I am thirsty.” While drawing His last breaths, Jesus was
intentional with what He said. In fact, the Bible shows us that everything
Jesus did and said throughout His life was intentional. Knowing that, what else
could He have meant when He said He was thirsty? He was fulfilling the prophecy
from the Old Testament to let everyone know that He truly was the Son of God—the
only one who can satisfy our longings.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst
for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
Matthew 5:6 tells us the Kingdom of
Heaven is about craving a relationship with God. Without Christ, you’re hungry
and thirsty. But after you meet Him and accept Him as your Savior, He quenches
your inner hunger and thirst. Jesus thirsts, to connect with us—to share
in our human sufferings and longings for our Creator. When Jesus said He was
thirsty, it was more about reminding us what He could give us, than what He
actually needed.
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