09.22.09
It is finished.
There’s a line that’s been drawn through the ages,
On that line stands an old rugged cross;
On that cross a battle is raging,
For the gain of man’s soul or his loss.
The earth shakes with the force of the conflict,
And the sun refuses to shine;
For there hangs God’s Son in the balance,
And then through the darkness he cries:
“It is finished!” The battle is over,
It is finished! There will be no more war;
It is finished! The end of the conflict,
It is finished! And Jesus is Lord.
Still in my heart the battle was raging,
Not all prisoners of war have come home;
There were battlefields of my own making,
I did not know that the war has been won.
Then I heard that the King of the Ages,
Had fought all the battles for me;
And that victory was mine for the claiming,
And now praise His name I am free.
It is finished! The battle is over,
It is finished! There will be no more war;
It is finished! The battle is over,
It is finished! There will be no more war;
It is finished! The end of the conflict,
It is finished! And Jesus is Lord.
It is finished! And Jesus is Lord!
This is a hymn that my family use to sing when I was growing up. I haven’t heard it often since those days. Actually, I’m not sure if I’ve heard it at all since those days. But I was singing it to myself as I sometimes do and I felt like sharing.