It Is Finished

“It is finished” is a triumphant cry on the cross. It is not a cry of failure but a victorious cry that reverberated throughout the universe . This cry of victory is the pathway to which fallen mankind has access to God.

Jesus came to Earth with a mission. To redeem mankind to Himself. In the process destroying satan’s plan.

Jesus had always been very focus and single minded in His mission. He knew what He came for and He knew the suffering He had to endure . He passed every single test because He was obedient to the ways of His Father in heaven. He declared in John, I only do what My Father in heaven tells me to do. He said,” Not my will be done but Thine”.

Even as an infant, the forces of darkness were already at work to destroy Him. Herod ordered the killing of the babies but God had already arranged for Joseph’s family to escape. Before Jesus’ ministry … while in the desert, satan came to tempt Him. Satan had every intention to cause Jesus to fail for he knew that the Son of God had come to Earth for a great purpose which is larger than him. His numerous attempts to derail God’s plan by tempting Christ was totally shattered when Jesus rebuked him with Scriptures. All through Jesus’ ministry, the evil one used people from different sects to attack him and just as he felt he had won by having him nailed to the cross, he realized that God’s plan had outdone him again by way of the empty tomb.

The Bible clearly states that satan has come to rob, kill and destroy but Jesus came to give life and to give it abundantly.(Jn 10:10) The kingdom of darkness is always in opposition to the Kingdom of light. While satan plan to rob, kill and destroy … God’s plan is redemptive in nature. The cross is a display of redemption and restoration . When mankind has no hope, God provided hope. In sickness and pain, God provided healing… for by His stripes we are healed. ( Isaiah 53:4-5) and the Scripture further add ,He became poor so that through His poverty we might become rich. (2 Cor 8:9). The One who is perfect became a curse for us so that He can liberate us from satan’s diabolical plan .Jesus declared in the synagogue that scripture has been fulfilled. Luke 4:18-19. He knew why He came.

From the very beginning, angels given the freewill by God had to choose to live by His plan. Lucifer and his gang failed to use their freewill honourably. Adam failed in the Garden of Eden. Only Jesus passed every testing of His freewill. That is His love for us. He knew His obedience would be an avenue for which man would have HOPE, FAITH and POWER.

In your trials He will provide a way out. Jesus who suffered on the cross has shown us that there is victory. His promise is that we will never be tested beyond our endurance. So my challenge to you is Live Life. We are not just survivors, existing from day to day. We are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.

How does God bring about your victory? It will be according to His ways. Many times we thought victory can come only in a certain way. Sometimes it can happen that the way we visualize our victory came in exactly the same manner which we hoped it would be. But there are other times when victory came in other ways. In any case, we need to have faith and know deep in our hearts that God in His infinite wisdom knows the road that leads to our victory for His ways are always higher than our ways. (Isa 55:8-9)

As His children, we can have the assurance that our father in heaven has the highest and best intentions for His children. We are a special people who have so much to live for because of Good Friday and Easter.

Indeed “It Is Finished”. How satan must dread those words. He thought he had won when those words fell from Jesus’ lips . Little did he know that he is the one who is finished because of the accomplished works of Christ on the cross.
Alleluia ..glory to our magnificent God.

Happy Easter everyone !