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Alpha and Omega (I am) - 10




Since God knows our future, our personalities, and our capacity to listen, he isn't ever going to say more to us than we can deal with at the moment. 

— Charles Stanley

As I write this, it is the beginning of a new year, with all of the resolutions and best intentions to start afresh. Each year feels like the next leg in the race of life and we hear the shots go off and start off the year strong, acting like we are sprinters, but will we maintain this race all the way until the end? Are you feeling fatigued? Energetic? or worn out from this battle?

God's Word offers us a fresh start every day as we follow the Beginning and the End, the Alpha and Omega, the God who is beyond time, the One who created time. Whether we are feeling exhausted, like there's never enough time, or refreshed and ready, God is there with us for every season of life.

Worship the Alpha and Omega

Lord, time is a human constraint that is limited for me, but You were before time began and You will exist after the end of time. You are not only infinite, you are timeless. You are the beginning of all things and You are the end - it's difficult for me to understand what you meant when you named yourself "I am" (Yahweh). You are always existing beyond our comprehension.


John 8:58 

 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.” 


Revelation 1:8

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”


John 1:1

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.


Appropriate the truth of scripture as you grow in your walk of faith

Lord, may I come to the end of my days knowing that I have been faithful with the time You've given me. I long to hear you say "well done, good and faithful servant."


May I continue to run this race from beginning to end, to fight this fight, and to never give up on my faith. Lord, I look forward to the end of time when you promise me the crown of righteousness; how marvelous!


Matthew 25:21

His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’


2 Timothy 4:7-8

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.

Light - Walk in the light by openly confessing your sins and need for God

Lord, teach me to number my days, to be wise about how I spend my time, this limited resource You've given us.  May I continue to strain forward to what lies ahead, pressing on through whatever faces me today.  

Philippians 3:12-14

Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.


Psalm 90:12

So teach us to number our days
    that we may get a heart of wisdom.

Know Him more and more as you spend time with Him daily

Lord, my Alpha and Omega, may I walk in awe of Your power, your eternal existence and Your sovereign plan through all of time as the beginning and end.

Colossians 1:18

And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy.


Psalm 46:10

He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”


Lamentations 3:22-23

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases
    his mercies never come to an end;
23 they are new every morning;
    great is your faithfulness.


Father, thank you that you are always a new beginning when I need one and for the reminder that You are Yahweh, in this I can rest.



Prayers for others today:

S - Missions

M - Family

T - Church and Friends

W - Work

Th - Community

F - World affairs

Sat - Self


Blessings on your day,

Heather


P.S. If you just jumped into this blog post, you can read the first post explaining how to walk with God through your prayer life and the first day of praying through scripture here.

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