I’ve been thinking about those last words from the cross, “It
is finished.” There’s a sweet
thought – the word of redemption is finished. Charles Wesley wrote, ”Love’s redeeming work is done, fought
the fight, the battle won.”
But do we really believe that? Vain people that we are, we like to think that there is
something we need to do to make redemption complete, as though God needs our
help. But no help is needed. The work of redemption is done. It’s not up to us to settle accounts
with God; the account has already been settled. There’s nothing you have to do. It is finished.
You and I are not as important as we think. No matter what one has accomplished in
this life, the attendance at one’s funeral will still be determined by the
weather. Hebrews 10:12 says, “When
Christ had offered up for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the
right hand of God.” He sat down
because his work was done.
The best thing we can do right now, is to sit down and be
grateful that the work of salvation is done. Stop striving.
God will have his way with this wayward world. The war is won.
The debt is paid. We can
sit down now. It is finished.
