A little boy worked side by side with his father learning how to build a tiny boat. Later the young builder sat next to the lake on their farm and clapped with glee as he launched the boat and it floated. One big push, however, sent the boat out of the boy’s reach and he sadly watched it sail out of sight. The father promised to take him to a nearby town to buy an even better boat.

The next day, the little boy looked in the window of a small pawnshop and exclaimed, “That’s my boat!” Upon approaching the shop owner, the child was told he must pay for the boat, and he reluctantly gave a few coins to the man. The lad clutched his boat and said, “You belong to me twice. Once ’cause I made you. And twice ’cause I bought you back.” God was prepared to pay whatever price to buy us back. And He did. Paid in full….

“It is finished.”

[John 19:30]

In the original text the word translated “finished” is tetelestai, a commercial word that means, “It is paid, the debt is paid in full!”

I’m glad, Father, that You not only created me, but also redeemed me when I was lost. Thank You that my freedom has been purchased, my account settled through the blood of Jesus Christ………Amen

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