Jesus Thirsted So We Wouldn’t Have To

When Jesus cried, “I thirst,” He was experiencing something that sounds like hell itself. There was darkness, desolation, separation from the Father, and burning, raging thirst. Jesus talked about hell more than anyone in the Bible, and He described a man in hell crying out for just one drop of water on his tongue. Hell is a place of eternal separation, dissatisfaction, and unquenchable thirst.
But here’s the glorious truth: Jesus experienced that thirst so we wouldn’t have to. God created us with a thirst to know Him, a deep longing that can only be satisfied through Jesus Christ. Jesus took our sin on the cross so we could be forgiven. He bore darkness so we could bear light. He was thirsty so we could be satisfied.
To the woman at the well who had tried to fill her emptiness with relationships, Jesus said, “Drink of the living water and you’ll never thirst again.” At the great feast in Jerusalem, He shouted, “Everyone who thirsts, come to Me, believe in Me, and out of your innermost being shall flow rivers of living water.” Jesus is the cup that never runs dry.