Those of us who know that Jesus did speak those final words for us are not heroes by any stretch of the imagination. However, we daily pray that we may be able to cast our cares and burdens on Him, for as Lord, He asks us too.
We have a place of refuge through the greatest storms of life. We know that He who finished our salvation for us on the cross on that little hill of Golgotha is still finishing it and completing it within us by His Spirit, because it is His Spirit who testifies with our spirit that with body and soul, for time and eternity, we belong not to ourselves but to our faithful Savior who did all the work for us. We know that because of the will of our heavenly Father not a hair shall fall from our heads. He who hung upon the cross, and said, “It is finished” for us, is now seated at the right hand of the Father, making intercession for us on the basis of His finished work on the cross. When the enemy approaches the Father to condemn us, Christ Jesus is our Advocate, He is like an Almighty Defense Attorney, reminding the Father (not that the Father needs reminding), that as His Son, He completed all that was necessary and thus we are no longer condemned.
Not only has He saved you and I from the wrath to come, but He has merited (given freely without additional cost) eternal life for you and I. He has closed the gates of hell against us and opened the gates of paradise for those of us who have accepted His gift.
“ ‘O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?’ The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Corinthians 15:55-57).
Our victory is through Him who said, “It is finished” on the cross for each of us individually. Can you say those words with Paul? Then and only then will you have the hope and assurance to see your Savior in paradise. Then and only then will you have lasting joy in believing and in making known His name among men.
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD 
You must be logged in to post a comment.