Fast 2026 - Day 15

Tetelestai--“It Is Finished!”  John 19:30

Tetelestai!!  This is the Greek work for It is finished!!  The marvelous words of our Savior as He breathed His last breath, surrendered His Spirit to His Father and completed His earthly assignment!  It was not the sound of defeat!  It was the cry of victory—the shout of Triumph!  The work the Father had given to Jesus to accomplish on earth was completed and His mission was successful!!  He was sent to seek and to save that which was lost and to destroy the works of the devil!  Through His obedience to the Father and for the joy that was before Him (that’s us—knowing He would be with us) He overcame the suffering and humiliation of the cross!  And because He did—we are (triumphant, saved, cleansed, forgiven, favored, blessed, etc)!  He is the voice of Triump!  He is our victorious Champion Savior!  And as He is—so are we in this world—now!!

Because of the Triumph of Christ, we have favor with God and no longer live as His enemies, under a curse of sin and death, but we live blessed and highly favored.  We have been made children of God!  Sin no longer has power over us.  Colossians 2:14-15 says He canceled out every legal violation we had on our record and the old arrest warrant that stood to indict us.  He erased it all—our sins, our stained soul—He deleted it all and they cannot be retrieved!  It also says that Jesus made a public spectacle of all the powers and principalities of darkness; stripping away from them every weapon and all their spiritual authority and governmental power to accuse us!  By the power of His cross, Jesus led them around as prisoners in a procession of triumph.  We have the authority of Christ to enforce His Triumph!  Christ in us—the victory won!  So heads up, shoulders back and hearts devoted to the One who Triumphed—we stand in His Finished Work—Tetelestai!!

Father, Thank You that we have been born of Your Spirit and made new creations.  The old “me” died with Christ on His cross and we have been raised up with Him to New Life as a New Creation in Your Kingdom.  Therefore, there is no guilt or condemnation for us!  We ask that the accuser be silenced—that a gag order be issued against him!  We plead the blood of Jesus or His blood speaks “Mercy” and Your Word says that mercy triumphs over judgment!  Because of Jesus and His obedience to You Father, we have been saved and the works of satan have been destroyed.  He no longer has power or authority over us.  We submit ourselves to You and we resist the devil so he must flee!  Help us by the power of Your Holy Spirit to stand firm in the powerful finished work of Christ as victorious overcoming children of God! Help us to remember who You are and who we have become in Christ!  In Jesus Name, Amen!