A Completed Work

A Completed Work

Then He put His hands on his eyes again and made him look up. And he was restored and saw everyone clearly.

Mark 8:25

Christ finishes what He starts. Our text today brings us to the conclusion of the very unusual miracle we have been considering for the past two days. The story ends with the words, ‘and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.’ If we consider the Divine History of Scripture, it leads us to the conclusion that Christ always finishes what He starts. In the matter of creation, Genesis 2 tells us, ‘Thus the heavens and the earth were finished.’ When God would liberate Israel from Egypt, He relentlessly pursued His goal until it was finished, and all of Israel was free. When Christ hung upon the cross, His shout of triumph was, ‘It is finished.’ So it is with those whom He saves, by Free and Sovereign Grace. ‘Being confident of this very thing, that he which has begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.’ Christ will not be content to leave us less than fully sanctified. It was His Touch that brought light to our darkened eyes. It is by our continued exposure to Him, through the means of grace, that we see things more clearly. It is by His Touch that we will ultimately be able to see all things clearly. Christ does not fail to complete every work that He begins. As is true of every other undertaking, so it is with the matter of our sanctification. Christ will finish what He has started, and ‘we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.’

Our Most Holy and Loving Savior,
We long for the day when by Your Grace we see all things clearly.
So finish the work which You have started,
that we may see things as You see them.

Where the Bush is Burning
Tomm Tice