"I Thirst"

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"After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), 'I thirst.'" John 19:28 English Standard Version

I didn't work hard at setting up this picture. Believe me, I've spent a great deal of time composing a shot, but not this time. There's nothing special about this pic. It's nothing more than a glass of water sitting on a counter in front of my microwave.

There is nothing outstanding about Jesus words, "I thirst." If you're a parent you've heard these words more times than you can count. More than likely, today you won't or didn't keep track of how many times you ran to the water cooler, or gulped a glass of H20.

It's normal for us to be thirsty. It was natural for Jesus to be thirsty, that is, to be thirsty to complete his Father's bidding. He needed the strength to speak the last words he'd say before death consumed him, words that sealed our salvation.

"It is finished!"

We could (and maybe should) contemplate these words from Jesus. There is nothing left for him to do. Death will come. His heart will stop. His breathing will stop. His body will slump in submission to death.

Not only does Jesus commend his spirit into the hands of his Father, he commits his body into the hands of his followers who will wrap his flesh for burial and lay it in a grave.

And it all begins with the words, "I thirst." His thirst to do the Father's will quenches our thirst for salvation.

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