the accomplishment of atonement

I'm reading Seven Sayings of the Saviour on the Cross again and it's still so good. I guess a repeated theme for this past semester or year is the victory I can and do have in Christ despite my struggles, failures, and anxieties. I tend to compare myself in all areas spiritually, emotionally, intellectually... I'm like a little weakling. (oh and for sure physically I'm quiteeeee weak too...)

But this is what Arthur Pink says.

"It is finished." What was finished? The work of atonement. What is the value of that to us? This: to the sinner, it is a message of glad tidings. All that a holy God requires has been done. Nothing is left for the sinner to add. No works from us are demanded as the price of our salvation. All that is necessary for the sinner is to rest now by faith upon what Christ did. "The gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Rom. 6:23). To the believer, the knowledge that the atoning work of Christ is finished brings a sweet relief over against all the defects and imperfections of his services. There is much of sin and vanity in the very best of our efforts, but the grand relief is that we are "complete" in Christ (Col. 2:10)! Christ and his finished work is the ground of all our hopes.
Upon a Life I did not live,
Upon a Death I did not die,
Another’s death Another’s life
I cast my soul eternally
Bold shall I stand in that great day,
For who, aught to my charge can lay?
Fully absolved by Christ I am,
From sin’s tremendous curse and blame.

Maybe we're all weaklings. haha

praise God for His finished work on the cross

rejoice!

Think about the disciples during the time of Jesus' death. It must've been confusing and saddening when he died. But His resurrection was a sign of victory. He is the Savior. Their hearts must have been beating fast. Their hearts of doubt became hearts of rejoicing. Then Jesus commands them to spread the news of Himself, they must have been ecstatic and eager to tell the world about Him.
What if that happened today? Do I feel the same? Do I get ecstatic for the hope I know is good news? Does it feel like Christ ascended yesterday and is alive in my heart? It makes me think differently about homework, studies, papers as I am a student right now. Do I just do it to get it done? Is it for the temporal satisfaction or for the furthering of God's kingdom?

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say, rejoice! 
Philippians 4:4