Mar 30 2012
It Is Finished
There is one thing that keeps me awake at night: Unfinished business. Things I have not wrapped up. Problems I have not solved. People I have not reconciled. Or tasks I have not completed. It doesn’t have to be multiple issues either – one problem is enough to keep me awake at night.
I do this because I have a sense of responsibility. I have a standard to keep. I try not to procrastinate. I genuinely care what happens tomorrow, so I have to clean up what I did today. There are certain things that’s beyond my control, I get that, but those that are in my grasp, I have to get a handle of it and resolve it before the night’s end.
I imagine myself, although not as bold, as Jesus praying at the garden of Gethsemane, until He sweats of blood (Luke 22:44). That must’ve been one agonizing prayer, and why not – it’s the salvation of all human kind! Then when Jesus was at the cross, His last words were “It is finished!” (John 19:30) For Jesus, it was death as the final rest, for all of His tasks on earth. Of course, my end of day’s rest is not as dramatic, but I can symbolize my sleep as a point when I can say it is finished – no more probem, no more conflict, no more things to do. Tomorrow will be a good day!
