Faith in the Finished Work

Daily Grace Devotional

🌅 Tuesday, October 14th, 2025

— Resting in What Christ Has Done

📖 “For we which have believed do enter into rest, as He said…” — Hebrews 4:3 (KJV)
📖 “When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, He said, It is finished: and He bowed His head, and gave up the ghost.” — John 19:30 (KJV)

DEVOTIONAL MESSAGE

One of the most liberating truths in the Christian life is this: Faith doesn’t make God do something — faith receives what He’s already done.

When Jesus declared “It is finished” on the cross, it wasn’t a statement of exhaustion; it was a proclamation of completion. Every requirement for our salvation, healing, righteousness, provision, and peace was fully satisfied. The work of redemption was not left half-done — it was perfected forever.

That’s why the writer of Hebrews says, “We who have believed do enter into rest.” Real faith doesn’t strive to make something happen; it rests in what Christ has already accomplished.

Andrew Wommack often explains, “Faith doesn’t create reality; it just brings into manifestation what grace has already provided.” This is the beautiful balance between grace and faith — grace makes it available; faith takes it personally.

1️⃣ REST IS THE HIGHEST EXPRESSION OF FAITH

True faith doesn’t live in anxiety, pressure, or fear. When you really believe that the work is finished, your soul enters into rest.

Rest is not inactivity — it’s confident assurance. You’re not trying to earn what Jesus already gave; you’re learning to trust in what He’s already done.

Worry and faith cannot occupy the same heart. Worry looks at the problem; faith looks at the provision.

When you rest in Christ’s finished work, you’re not trying to get healed — you’re receiving the healing already purchased. You’re not begging for forgiveness — you’re walking in the righteousness already given.

Faith rests because grace has finished.

2️⃣ STRIVING IS A SIGN OF UNBELIEF

The Israelites could not enter the promised land because of unbelief (Hebrews 3:19). They kept striving to please God through works instead of resting in His promise.

Many believers today fall into the same trap — they pray, fast, and give, not from faith, but from fear that if they don’t, God won’t move. But that’s not faith; that’s performance.

The finished work of Christ removed the need for performance-based religion. You don’t fast to earn God’s favor; you fast because you already have His favor. You don’t pray to make God love you; you pray because you’re already loved.

Faith that rests in the finished work doesn’t struggle to be accepted — it rejoices in acceptance.

3️⃣ THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DOING AND BELIEVING

Doing says, “I must make it happen.”
Believing says, “It is already done.”

Doing tries to complete what Christ finished; believing simply receives it.

When your faith matures, your prayers become less about “God, please do this,” and more about “Father, thank You that it’s already done in Christ.” That’s not presumption; that’s revelation.

The believer’s rest is not laziness — it’s alignment. You align your mind with what Heaven already declared complete.

4️⃣ FAITH RESTS — BUT IT IS NOT PASSIVE

Resting in the finished work doesn’t mean you stop acting in faith; it means your actions are now fueled by peace, not pressure.

You still confess the Word, but from assurance, not anxiety. You still serve God, but from love, not obligation. You still obey, but from grace, not guilt.

Faith that rests produces effortless fruit because it’s powered by divine life, not human effort.

5️⃣ WHY THIS KIND OF FAITH PLEASES GOD

Because it honours His Son.
When you rest in the finished work, you’re saying, “Jesus, Your sacrifice was enough.” That’s the highest form of worship — trusting completely in what He accomplished.

Every time you stop striving and start resting, Heaven rejoices, because you’re operating from the same position Christ operates from — seated.

Ephesians 2:6 says we are “seated with Him in heavenly places.” That’s not future tense — it’s now. Faith that pleases God is faith that sits where Christ sits and sees from His finished position.

REFLECTION QUESTIONS
Am I trying to earn what Jesus has already finished?

Do I pray from fear or from rest?

What areas of my life still need to come under the peace of His finished work?

DECLARATION OF FAITH

Father, I thank You that the work is finished.
I rest in the victory of the cross.
I refuse to strive, struggle, or fear — I choose to believe.
I receive every promise purchased by Jesus’ blood.
I am seated with Christ, and from this place of rest,
I reign in peace, faith, and grace.
It is finished — and I live from that truth.

KEY INSIGHT:

Faith begins where striving ends. The highest expression of faith is not effort — it’s rest in the finished work of Christ.
© Jeremiah Owofio