the Third Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
John Gossner's Treasury
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. Revelation 1:8.
If Jesus is Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, then let Him be not only your Alpha, but also your Omega. Begin not only with Jesus, but end also with Him; or rather, let Him finish that which He has begun in you. There are many who remain standing at Alpha, who are satisfied with the rudiments, with the first letters in Christianity, with the first emotions, or even with good resolutions, with which, as the ancients said, "the road to hell is paved. " The continuance in piety and the earnest practice thereof are wanting. (1 Timothy 4:7-8; 2 Timothy 3:5).
How can Omega, the ending, be attained when one remains leisurely at the beginning? Nor must Alpha be overlooked. You must not try to reach the ending before you have learned Alpha, before a good foundation is laid, and a right beginning is made in and with Christ. ( 1 Corinthians 3:11). It is not in vain that Jesus proclaims Himself as Alpha and Omega. He wants to be all to you. Where once He has said Alpha, He will also say Omega; where He begins, He will, sustain His cause unto victory. His Alpha is unto us a pledge that He will also be our Omega. My faith, be bold, and trust therein!
Jesus, my Truth, may Way,
My sure, unerring Light,
On Thee my feeble soul I stay.
Which Thou wilt lead aright.
My Wisdom and my Guide,
My Counsellor Thou art:
O, let me never leave Thy side
Nor from Thy paths depart.
Thou seest my feebleness,
Jesus, be Thou my Power,
My Help and Refuge in distress.
My Fortress and my Tower.
