Jesuss lips cracked and mouth dry like cotton ... Throat so dry He couldn’t swallow, and voice so hoarse He could scarcely speak. He is thirsty!! To find the last time moisture touched these lips you need to rewind a dozen hours to the meal in the upper room. Since tasting that cup of wine, Jesus has been beaten savagely, spat upon, bruised, and skin torn apart!! He has been a Cross-carrier and sin-bearer, and no liquid has salved his throat. He is thirsty!! Why doesn’t he do something about it? ... Couldn’t He? ... Did He not command jugs of water to be jugs of wine? Did he not make a wall out of the Jordan River and two walls out of the Red Sea? Didn’t He, with one word, banish the rain and calm the waves? Doesn’t Scripture say that He turned the desert into pools .. PSALM 107:35 and “the hard rock into springs” .. PSALM 114:8... Did God not say, “I will pour water on Him, who is thirsty” ... ISAIAH 44:34 If so, why does Jesus endure thirst? ... While we are asking this question, add a few more. Why did He grow weary in Samaria .. John 4:6, disturbed in Nazareth .. Mark 6:6, and righteously angry in the Temple .. John 2:15? Why was he sleepy in the boat on the Sea of Galilee .. Mark 4:38, sad at the tomb of Lazarus .. John 11:35, and hungry in the wilderness .. Matthew 4:2? Why? ... And why did He grow thirsty on the cross? He didn’t have to suffer thirst. At least, not to the level that He did!! ... Six hours earlier Hed been offered drink, but He refused it. They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which means The Place of the Skull). Then they offered Him wine mixed with myrrh, but He did not take it. And they crucified Him!! Dividing up His clothes, they cast lots to see what each would get. ... Mark 15:22–24 >>>
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