My Apologies -- This is a very Ultra Packety Post -- "Lust-filled Communion for Quenching Thirsty Souls/Hungry Hearts:"

My Apologies -- This is a very Ultra Packety Post -- 

"Lust-filled Communion for Quenching Thirsty Souls/Hungry Hearts"

For some reason this message reminded me of Jesus sitting with the disciples and saying out loud, “I have eagerly desired [lusted] to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.” Luke 22:15

I’ve always marveled at how Jesus’ passion in this moment for His friends trumped all other worries, concerns, and anxieties over His looming torture, humiliation, and death.  

Christ’s zeal/passion for community drowned out all other worries and concerns.

When I was a child I heard a preacher once paraphrase the 23rd Psalm by quoting the misspeak of a child. He quoted the child saying – “THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD.  HE’S EVERYTHING I WANT!”

So, Christ's hunger and thirst for communing with His friends and this paraphrase from Psalm 23, that I heard when I was a kid,  were my first two thoughts after hearing the sermon. 

The two thoughts left me with an appreciation about how intimacy with Jesus is the fuel for our relationship with Him and to some extent His relationship with us. 

So taking into account the message and these two thoughts I had after the message, I'm left here wanting to say out loud to God

Jesus –
May my passionate love for you be a feast on a table for you in the presence of your enemies. 
May I feed you with my love.
May I satisfy you with worship in Spirit and Truth.
You long to commune with me.  Find your fellowship with me now in all things but especially in the fellowship of Your sufferings. Becoming like you even in your death.

May every spilled pint of my blood be filled with your unique jealous fury to perfectly honor our Father through sacrificial, self-giving, blood-letting, servant love.