What's Done is Done

Scripture Verses that caught my attention today: Hebrews 9:27-28 And just as it is appointed for mortals to die once, and after that the judgment, 28 so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin, but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.

Observation: The phrase “What’s done is done” comes to mind.

Application: For some reason I remember Barbara Bush once commenting, perhaps in a written interview, that her husband never touched the same piece of paper twice. It was part of his organizational time management routine.

It takes a lot of discipline to function like that in life, but it also makes a lot of sense. How often do many of us keep going over and over the same things without taking any meaningful action, thus forcing us to keep going over those same things repeatedly?

From what I can tell from what I’ve read about Jesus, generally speaking he was not one to do the same thing twice. He dealt with things fully right then and there and didn’t look back.

So when he comes back, he’s not going to need to deal with sin. That’s already been done, once and for all.

Instead he’s coming back for some divine life-saving. Part of me wants to be first in line.

But on the other hand, there’s no fear in waiting either. Surely he’ll come fully prepared to save me from everything from which I need to be saved. And from that time forth forevermore I’ll be able to say, what’s done is done.”

Prayer: Lord, thanks for your forgiving work and your saving work. In Jesus’ name. Amen.