Jesus' final words on the cross express the kind of radical dependence on God that characterized his life. This trust in God as he died forms a model for us who follow in his path. At its core, faith in Christ is about dependence. Jesus' death on the cross is at the same time, what we depend on and a model for what dependence looks like. As we remember the death of Jesus on the cross, we are encouraged to trust God with more of our own lives, even those times that seem darkest and most filled with pain.