The Seven Last Words: 7. Reunion

REUNION.
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"Father, into your hands I commend my spirit."

- Luke 23:46

Since Jesus has already fulfilled His mission and successfully triumphed over sin, death and disobedience, He can now fully commend everything to the Father. He has already obediently followed the command to live like a man born of a woman, He has already given His full obedience by accepting death upon the cross. Now He has to give up the last thing that He possessed: His spirit. He came from God and now He is returning to God. 

Man too came from God and must also return to God. Jesus our Lord showed us the way to a reunion with the Father. It is our turn to walk upon that path so that we may join Him in the Father's house. He has gone ahead so that He could prepare for us our own rooms and soon He will come to fetch us in order to enjoy life in union with God in His kingdom [see John 14: 1-2].

In order for us to achieve this great privilege of being with God in His kingdom, we must also commend our lives and spirits to the Father. But we cannot be with Him unless we leave behind the life of sin and be holy like Him [see Leviticus 20:26; 1 Peter 1:16; Matthew 5:48]. This is what commending our lives and spirits to the Father is. 

Christ our Lord died for us; it is our calling to live for Him, and, if necessary,  to give our lives also for Him just as the martyrs have done. In each time we face trials and tribulations, let us never forget that Jesus our Lord suffered and triumphed before us. If He was not spared by the Father, though Son He is of the Most High, we can be assured of many challenges in our lives too. But as the Father glorified His Son for His great obedience, then we shall also receive our rewards afterwards.

If we want to achieve that reunion with God, we must forgive, we must accept salvation, we must trust Him, and abandon our sins, long for Heaven and fulfill His will in our lives.

The Sixth Word: Triumph