Resting In the Finished Work Of Jesus

 

 
But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
—Hebrews 11:6
 
Your faith is so important to God that without faith it is impossible to please Him. Putting your faith in the finished work of Jesus is the opposite of striving to earn God’s favor. It is the work of Jesus that saved and favored you with unconditional love on the cross. You can’t save yourself or win favor from God. You can’t earn what has already been earned. You are favored by God because of the finished work of Jesus. Jesus took your sins, your sickness, and your pain so that they don’t have to own you. He rewards those who diligently seek Him.
 
Faith doesn’t create anything. It can’t create healing or deliverance or provision. Faith only appropriates what God has already provided. Everything good God has for your life is provided in the finished work of Jesus. When we make ourselves the authors and the finishers of our faith, we aren’t going to like the results. Anytime we make receiving about ourselves—anytime we think we have to prove ourselves to win God’s favor—we will be very disappointed and disillusioned.
 
“Now as the lame man who was healed held on to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch which is called Solomon’s, greatly amazed. So when Peter saw it, he responded to the people: ‘Men of Israel, why do you marvel at this? Or why look so intently at us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk’” (Acts 3:11-12)?
 
These two holy Spirit-filled men knew that this miracle was not anything they had done. They knew it was the supernatural power of God that flowed through them that had made a change in this man’s life. From lame to healed, this man was now whole. 
 
“Through faith in the name of Jesus,” Peter said, “this man was healed—and you know how crippled he was before. Faith in Jesus’ name has healed him before your very eyes” (Acts 3:16).
 
You never receive through anyone else’s ability or through your own. You only receive through faith in Jesus’s finished work on the cross for you. Sin is the root of all sickness, destruction, and death. When sin is killed so is the evil fruit that comes from it. Sickness and everything that is not of God is overcome. Faith is trusting in the finished work of Jesus. It is resting in His finished work. Put your faith in Jesus, and seek His Truth for your life. God is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. He receives glory whenever someone is forgiven or healed or delivered because Jesus is the One who did all the work. There is no more work to be done. It is finished.
 
Do you want your struggle, your fear, your pain and your questioning God’s love for you to end? Jesus has sat down on the right hand of the Father. His work is done. He has accomplished all for you. But you must choose to believe His work is complete. When you believe in your heart that Jesus’ work is perfect, then you know that there is nothing to be done to win God’s favor. You know you are favored. You live in a new dimension of joy that removes everything you thought you must do to prove you are His. You are free to receive all the benefits of His finished work in your life.