Then He said to them, "With fervent desire I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer;—Luke 22:15
With DESIRE I have DESIRED...
Jesus had arrived at the central reason why He came to man...to institute a new covenant with men, based on His own sacrifice. Oh how willing You were, Jesus, to give up Your life for mine...to suffer and die for me. You desired it WITH desire...with single minded devotion to accomplish that for which You were sent. Give me, Father, that kind of devotion...give me Your right desires. Give me the heart that Paul had...
“For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain.”
Your heart, Jesus, was steadfast and immovable abounding in Your Father’s work. Your inner demeanor like that of a warrior, Your face set like flint and ready to endure the cross for the joy set before You. Truly, Jesus, You loved us to the end.
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.—1 Corinthians 15:58
But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am till it is accomplished!—Luke 12:50
Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work.—John 4:34
Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that His hour had come that He should depart from this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.—John 13:1
Jesus spoke these words, lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said: "Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You,—John 17:1
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