October 19 — "Perfected. Period."

Today's Reading: Hebrews 10:1-18

The truth that Hebrews 10:14 shouts is that Jesus’ finished work on the cross didn’t just slap a temporary bandage on our sins—it perfected us forever in God’s eyes. Boom!

While Old Testament sacrifices had to be repeated year after year (cue the endless parade of animals), Jesus’ one-and-done offering accomplished what no priest, ritual, or bleating goat ever could. Thanks to Jesus, we don’t approach God as sinners scrambling to get better—we stand as perfected saints, declared holy not by our hustle, but by His finished work.

This truth is both positional (how God sees you) and practical (how you live it out). Positionally, in Christ, you’re already perfect—your record is squeaky clean. Practically, you’re still in process, being sanctified day by day as the Spirit chisels you into His image. That’s the beauty of grace!

While God is still working on you, He already sees you as complete. Like a sculptor who looks at a formless block of marble and sees the masterpiece it will become, the Father looks at you and sees the radiant reflection of His Son.

So what does this mean for you? You’re not perfect because of your performance—you’re perfect because of your position, made so by divine declaration. Christ’s sacrifice didn’t make you potentially perfect; it made you permanently perfected. Forever. For all time.

And “for all time” means Jesus’ sacrifice doesn’t expire, doesn’t need renewal, and never loses its punch. This isn’t temporary forgiveness—it’s eternal perfection. Once you’re cleansed by His blood, that cleansing holds strong for ages unending, beyond the reach of time and decay!

Yes, we still need to continually confess our sins as we progress through this life. But the breathtaking beauty of being in Christ is that “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9).

So, live from that truth! Let gratitude kick guilt to the curb. Let worship drown out worry. Chase holiness—not to earn God’s approval, but because you already have it. The same Jesus who perfected you is also sanctifying you—one patient, grace-soaked day at a time.

Today, may the Lord give you rest in Christ’s finished work, boldness in your standing before Him, and joy in knowing that He who began this good work will absolutely, without a doubt, bring it to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. You are loved. You are secure. And yes—you are perfected. Forever. Period.