Have you ever finished a job and been very satisfied?  Maybe you took on a difficult project and when you brought it to completion it was very rewarding.  Perhaps you attempted something new and completed it.  It truly is rewarding when you finish something.  Look with me today at Hebrews 7 and let’s talk about what God has finished.

23 Now there have been many of those priests, since death prevented them from continuing in office; 24 but because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood. 25 Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them. 26 Such a high priest truly meets our need—one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens. 27 Unlike the other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. He sacrificed for their sins once for all when he offered himself. 28 For the law appoints as high priests men in all their weakness; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever.

When Jesus uttered the words, “It is finished”  it meant so very many things.  His time with a weak, earthly body was ending.  His walking through life with his disciples and family was at an end.  He was quite literally dying.  He also had accomplished the payment once and for all for sins.  He was the final sacrifice.  He gave us all 365/24/7 access to God.  He reconciled us to Himself once for all time.  If it is satisfying to finish a project imagine the satisfaction in accomplishing all of that at once.  Sure there was a little work to be done with His resurrection and a few final goodbyes but He truly was finished. Today and every day thank Jesus for His finished work and for the fact that He isn’t finished with you.  He will continue to make you more and more like Him until you join Him in Heaven.

In His Grip,

Pastor Dave