Verse from Hebrews

“因为他献上了一次的祭，就使那些成圣的人永远得到完全。”

希伯来书 10:14 

“For by one offering He has perfected for all time those who are sanctified.”

Hebrews 10:14 

Hebrews 4 describes how Christ’s sacrifice redeems us totally. So in one important sense, that “completed button” has been pressed for us. Jesus’s death did for us what we couldn’t do for ourselves: He made us acceptable in God’s eyes when we place our faith in Him. It is finished, as Jesus Himself said (John 19:30). 

Paradoxically, even though His sacrifice is complete and total, we spend the rest of our lives living into that spiritual reality—“being made holy,” as Hebrews’ author writes.

The fact that Jesus has finished something that’s still being worked out in our lives is hard to understand. When we are struggling spiritually, it’s encouraging to remember that Jesus’s sacrifice for us is complete . . . even if our living it out in this life is still a work in progress. Nothing can stop His intended end from being achieved eventually: being transformed into His likeness (see 2 Corinthians 3:18). 

Jesus, 

thank You for giving Your life for us. 

Help us trust You as we grow into followers whose lives look more and more like Yours, knowing that You are the one who makes us complete.