I Thirst
After this, Jesus, knowing that all things had already been accomplished, to fulfill the Scripture, *said, "I am thirsty." 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. (John 19:28-29 NASB) This coming Sunday I am going to be speaking from this passage. It has caused me to consider all the ways that “I thirst.” I don’t what to look at the ways the world seek to respond to my thirst, I want the world to be better to me than it actually is. I want the world to have a little “more good” in it so that I can enjoy the world and not always need to turn to the Father for life. This confession is the result of looking at the life I actually live and not the life I want to live. I often teach against pretending (what some now call faith) and since I don’ want any pretense in my heart, I better seek to get it out of my writing as well. Can being thirsty and receiving sour wine be ...