It is finished

https://odb.org/2025/01/08/a-deaf-heart

John19:30 NIV – When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

Hebrews 2:9, 14-15 NIV – 9 But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone. 14 Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil —15 and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.

Jesus, even though He was the Son of God in the Holy Trinity, became human, lower than the angels (who are spiritual beings), in order to share in our humanity. He became flesh and blood like us to defeat the devil and the sting of sin, death. In the process, He freed us. Our lives who were held in slavery because of our fear of death. With eternal life, death will not destroy us and keep us in the grave like in the case of Christ. One day, we will rise again and be resurrected into our glorified bodies, just like Christ!

But what I would like to highlight this morning is John 19:30. Jesus declared that – “It is finished.” It is completed and done. His mission on earth, being Immanuel, was accomplished after 33 years on earth. He fulfilled Father God’s plan and purpose for Him. He did not waiver but achieved God’s calling for Him. He responded and followed through to completion.

Are we doing the same thing for our lives? Can we safely and confidently say it is finished one day? Can we say like Paul in 2 Timothy 4:7 that I have fought the good fight? That I have finished the race? I have kept the faith?

It is a journey. A long one. It’s not a spur of the moment thing. It’s not something we could muster out at the last mile, the home stretch. It’s a culmination of our entire life in Christ on earth. We need to start today to call upon the name of Jesus and to heed His calling for our lives. Not at our dying breath. Not at the last moment. Even if we make it through by the grace of God by the strand of our hair, I feel we will be quite lost in eternity. We want the Lord to confidently and comfortably say to us that we have been a good and faithful servant!