“Jesus lives forever, has a permanent priesthood, and completely saves those who come to God through him… He always lives to intercede for them” (Heb. 7:24-25)
Lord Jesus, you don’t save us 77% of the way. You don’t save us provisionally—long enough for us to prove we’re worthy of your grace. You don’t save us with an “out clause”—in case we end up doing stuff you didn’t anticipate. You save us completely—without contingencies, qualifiers, or fine print. Otherwise you’d be a helper, not a Savior.
Stunning, hard to believe, but true… because of your finished work, we are 100% forgiven, 100% robed in your perfect righteousness, with 0% chance our Father won’t complete his good work in us (Phil.1:6). Your love for us is steadfast. Your delight in us never wavers. Your intercession for us never stops.
All your prayers for us are perfect, Jesus, and each of them is being answered in Abba’s perfect timing, in a perfect way, for eternal purposes. Though Satan’s attacks are endless, your care for us is 10,000 times more relentless. You don’t just have our “backs,” but our whole being—not with the promise of a pain-free life, but promising a redemption-filled ending to our story.
With you as our life, death has even become gain. And if we could see ourselves as we will be in eternity, we’d be undone with joy and overcome with longings for that Day. Lord Jesus, we’d love all this Gospel-goodness to do some major shrinking of our fears, anxieties, and worries in the month of July. Not just in July, but we’ll start right there. We are so blessed, free, and yours. Hallelujah, and So Very Amen.