It is finished! It is finished! It is finished!

It really, really, really is finished! There is nothing I can add or take away from what has wholly been accomplished on the Cross by the Crucified One. Obedient to His Father, He accomplished the work He came to do. He began and He finished.

History records no single event to suggest that He did anything other than that which He came to do. His work, His reason for being, was to do the will of the Father who sent Him. Nothing more; Nothing less.

He sought no glory for Himself. He simply came to do as the Father bid Him, for the Father's glory. He never lost sight of the single purpose of His birth. Nor was He distracted or enticed by the world's trinkets, trappings, or delicacies.

Even His food was to do the will of the Father. "Jesus said to them, 'My food is to do the will of Him who sent me and to accomplish His work.'"

As daughters, sisters, girlfriends, wives, mothers, grandmothers, friends, caregivers, etc., our reason for being is to be His hands, His arms, His embrace, His image bearers to any and every soul our life encounters.

By now, you may be wondering to yourself, "What is she trying to say?"

No work you or I do today or tomorrow will add one iota of meaning to what our Savior and Lord has already done. If, like me, you have moments where you find yourself sorely tempted to give up the thing that you do, if you find yourself cast down because your laboring appears to be in vain, if you catch yourself wondering - what, oh what, is the point to all of this! - I encourage you as strongly as possible to BE STILL!

Stop and remember your God! The work you do is His and His alone. He owns the seeds and the fruit and by His Spirit, He alone will reap the harvest. No matter how bleak the outcome appears to us, hope to the end! Finish the thing! Pray for increased faith to believe what seems impossible and finish!!

"Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted with me? Hope in God; for I shall yet praise Him, the help of my countenance and my God." Psalm 41:11

".....Be strong and courageous, and do the work. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you or forsake you until all the work for the service of the temple of the LORD is finished." 1 Chronicles 28:20

Stephanie

Stephanie Paul, wife and mother of two grown children. An "instrument of change" in the Redeemer's Hand, in the lives of wounded and hurting women. Currently serving as a part of the Addiction Recovery Team at America's Keswick as Woman of Character Program Director.