Beginning and End
At the end of the bible, Jesus informs us of the things that He displayed and established throughout all of time and His life. First of all He says that He is the alpha and omega. These are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet. By this, He is saying that He is of primary interest to all people throughout all of history. He is omnipotent (all powerful) and in control. He began the whole existence of man and by His second coming, He will end it.
Jesus is the creator. John says, “All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.” (John 1:3, NKJV). Since He created all things, He certainly has the power and authority to sustain all things and provide for our needs. Paul says, “And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist”, (Colossians 1:3, NKJV). He not only caused things to exist, but He is intimately concerned about every detail of our life.
Jesus wants to protect His children from all harm and He wants to keep us walking in His ways. Many times, it is leaving and returning that are the most critical times in a journey. Jesus realizes this and He’s wants to help you through this. David said, “The LORD shall preserve your going out and your coming in from this time forth, and even forevermore”, (Psalms 121:8). If we commit all things into His hands and trust Him, He will help us throughout every step in life. He is concerned about even the most difficult times of life. Our mind can rest when we know that He is in control.
He is eternal, He has no limits in time or space or power. He can do all things and has control over all things in the universe. But yet, He is concerned about every hair on our head and every drop of water in the sea. A God who possesses that much power but is still concerned about every detail of our life must only be driven by love. God is love and there is nothing in Him that He wants to show us more than love. He will show justice to sin and unrighteousness, but His primary object is to show love. Why else would the very God of heaven, leave glory, live among sinful man and die an unfair death for our sake? His main obsession must be love.
His eternality is real and He is worthy of all glory, praise, honor and fear. “For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen.” (Romans 11:36, NKJV).
Thoughts, comments, objections, prayer requests.
Daniel A. Smith
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