Have you ever been thirsty;
I’m mean REALLY thirsty? What made you thirsty: was it lack of water? Was it a
dream? Was it a lust for something that you wanted? Was it a drug or a vice a
good strong drink of alcohol? Or was it simply pretzels?
I digress as I think of the
Seinfeld episode where Kramer has a one line speaking part as an extra in a
Woody Allen movie.
“So I’m sitting there with Woody and I say, I
turn to him and I go, “Boy, these pretzels are making me thirsty.” –
So what did you do to relieve
the thirst? What did you throw yourself into? What did you use? Did anything
you tried REALLY work…and for how long? How did it work for you when you tried
to dig your own well?
“For My people have committed two evils: They
have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, And hewn themselves cisterns—broken
cisterns that can hold no water.” (Jeremiah 2:13)
Today, I have some HOPE:
Today you can finally satisfy your thirst; you can finally be filled and you
can be full. Would you like to know how?
One of the shortest statements
that Jesus said is in John 19 verse 28;
“After this, Jesus, knowing that all things were now
accomplished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, “I thirst!”
Even Jesus KNEW what it was
like to thirst; REALLY thirst!
This same Jesus who cried out, saying,
“If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink” (See John 7:37-39)
He KNEW- really knew - what it was like to
thirst as He hung on the cross that would eventually take His life (spoiler alert: In case you haven’t read the
Bible, Jesus eventually is buried and is resurrected and is now seated at the
right hand of the Father)
What difference does it make that Jesus knew what it is like
to thirst?
The best people in my life who have helped me the most are
the very ones who went through similar addictions and temptations and sinned;
yes, real sin! It made a difference to me because I knew that they understood;
they didn’t excuse or justify; they simply understood. And so I could trust
them when they said they were there to help me and that they would pray for me.
We are told in the Bible that Jesus intercedes for us (Romans
8:34) and we are exhorted to “come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain
mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” (Hebrews 4:16).
To know that the One who is praying for me (and you)
understands what I (and you) go through; REALLY go through as we thirst for
things and people and situations and lusts that can NEVER really satisfy us for
very long – it makes all the difference in the world!
I want someone that understands because He too thirsted!
Hebrews 4 says;
“Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed
through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a High Priest who cannot
sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we
are, yet without sin. Let us
therefore come boldly to the throne of grace that we may obtain
mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” (Hebrews 4:14-16).
My friend; I’m not sure what
is making you thirsty; it may be a lack of water or a dream or a lust for
something that you wanted. It may be a drug or a vice or a good strong drink of
alcohol. Or it may be simply pretzels…
But TODAY this same Jesus who
thirsted on the cross as He was dying for your sins and mine is still crying
out an invitation to come to Him today.
He longs to satisfy you with
REAL water from One who knew what it is like to thirst:
“…whoever drinks of the
water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give
him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.”
(John 4:14)
He is waiting for your
response. Aren’t you tired of trying to satisfy you own thirst? He simply wants
you to come to Him and ask Him and He will provide.
