When The Well Is Looking For Water

In word one there is a request (Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.)

In word two he gives a promise to a thief (To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.)

In word three he gives an order he said (Woman, behold, thy son! And then he said to the disciple Behold, thy mother!)

In word four he asked a question Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is interpreted (My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?) 

But now in verse five he makes a statement where the human side of him hits the stage (I thirst.)

The fifth word, as we look through the lens of John, we hear that Jesus is saying I thirst. When we investigate, examine, and analyze this scene, we will discover that this is the only time that Jesus speaks of his physical suffering and pain. It is the first time he speaks of his sorrow and grief, his misery agony, it is a reminder that the Passion is not only a spiritual reality, a cosmic happening, but it is a bodily act of the crucifixion of a man's body.

We noticed that these was not Jesus first words, but they were getting close to his last words.

A fulfillment of prophecy, an emphasis on Jesus' humanity, a expression of his having finished the cup of suffering, and a moving statement that the source of Living Water was drying up—these are all possible ways of understanding the meaning of what John saw in Jesus' words, “I thirst.

I don’t want to hold you too long, but I was confused for a minute, when I heard that water was looking for water, I must admit that I was baffled, confused, concerned, troubled, disturbed, mystified, perplexed, and puzzled. Ok, allow me to use a hood term, I was Jacked up. 

Because back in chapter 2, Jesus who was able to change water, I mean he changes water from water to wine and now in chapter 19 he’s stating I thirst. He who controls H2o, (Hydrogen and oxygen). He who changes water to wine is now saying I thirst.

I mean this is heavy to me because doing this discourse before he changes the water to wine, his mother says Jesus, we have no more wine, and Jesus responds to his mother, my hour has not come, but yet he ask for six waterpots and then tells them to fill them to rim.

It has been stated that at most parties the best wine is always served first, so about time that you get to the bad wine you really can’t tell the difference, but Jesus took water and turned it into wine, and this wine was so good that he said take this to the governor and let him taste of this wine, even the governor concurred now this is some good stuff, but now Jesus is saying that I thirst.

In the 4th chapter at Jacob’s well where he was a well that was sitting on a well, Jesus met a woman of Samaria Jesus asked her to give me to drink.

Then the woman of Samaria said unto him, now you know that we don’t have any dealings with each other, and even if we did you don’t have anything to draw with, the well is deep, and Jesus responded with, if you knew who was asking you for the water, you would be asking me for water, but I have, and I am living water that will keep you from ever thirsting again, but now Jesus is saying I thirst.

Here it is, chapter 6, Jesus is now walking on the water, he is gliding on the very thing that he was asking for, he is walking on the identical thing that he wants inside of him. He defies nature, mother nature, must now bow down to the of father nature. He says I thirst.

Follow me, later in chapter 7, Jesus is speaking of living water,

he says “37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood,

and cried, saying, if any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.

In verse he says 38 “He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.” Not some men, not most men, but if any man, black man, white man, Jews, Gentiles, Protestants, or Catholic’s, in other words all men. And I know that some of us might think all just mean all, but all has a deeper meaning than all. All is inclusive of all, and exclusive of none. He says if any man thirst let him come after me. But now he saying I thirst. He said it everybody heard him say it.