LiveFreeLoveHard

So, it's finished already.  Jesus is not about to get back up and say, "Oops, I forgot something!"  He has already sat down.  His work is completed.  His final conclusion has already been set.  That's it. What does that mean for us? Reading Romans Chapter 12, as I was thinking about my body being a living sacrifice for God, and reflecting on the chapter's wisdom for how to live this life, there was a sense of 'work in progress.' I'm not there yet, but I'd like to be.  The power that fills our bodies, the power of the Holy Spirit thoroughly at work within us, in spite of us, is God's divine sovereignty.  Jesus is no longer at work.  He is outside of time, so understanding the truth that He is done working on us, as we struggle with the same non-sense day to day can be confusing.  We know we still fall over the same sins that we have asked for forgiveness from time and again.  Yet, the work that Jesus is doing in our lives to pick us up and cle