This does not mean a Rolls Royce in every garage. It means the abundant spiritual life. The abundant eternal life. It means that nothing the world throws at you shakes you, because God is ever before you. But how many Christians do we know that are barely hanging on? Crawling from one prayer line to the next. Free in Christ but in bondage nonetheless. It ought not to be so beloved.
Thousands of years ago, Jesus Christ walked the earth. His ministry lasted only three years yet changed the entire known world forever! THAT is what God can do. This very week He would be betrayed into the hands of sinners and sentenced to death. He would be mocked and ridiculed. He would be crucified, one of the most gruesome forms of execution ever perpetrated by man. He would be the last sacrifice needed to erase our debt of sin. He would be the vehicle God used to restore communion with His creation. Upon Him all our sins were laid. All our guilt, all our shame. And when the end was here, Jesus Christ gave us one last assurance with His dying breath:
"It is finished." John 19:30
The last words of our Savior. His last assurance to us all. It is finished. So if this finds you today as a struggling believer and you only remember one thing remember that it is finished. God took it all for you and me so that we would not have to. When the enemy tells you why you are no good you tell him, "It is finished." When the enemy tells you all the bad things about your past you tell him, "It is finished." When the world tries to lure you back into your old lifestyle of sin and compromise you remember, "It is finished." There is nothing the world or the enemy can say to you that has not already been nailed to the cross at Calvary. Our God is not in the tomb beloved. He is risen. We no longer need to seek the living amongst the dead. Hallelujah!
Happy Resurrection Sunday.
Reverend Anthony Wade April 12, 2009
