| Yesterday's Bible Study |
In this verse from Revelation the apostle John records the words of the Lord, who says He is the Alpha and Omega. These are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, which John was using to record his revelation. This expression means that the Lord is at the beginning and the end of time; there was no point when He did not exist and He will never leave us.
God's existence is as constant and real today as it was on Earth's first day and as it will be on the last day. This verse gives us confidence that the Lord is always the same and is with us today.
The Lord's constant presence is encouraging to us because it reminds us that we are never alone. There is no point in our lives where we will be abandoned by God. The Lord is never "over there" … He is always "here" with us! While we might feel like we are alone, we never really are. If we're in between the Alpha and Omega (which we always are), God is here. |
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This can be hard to remember when it seems like the Lord is far away. Sometimes, it does feel like He doesn't hear us, especially when prayers go unanswered. When we are passed over for a promotion, rejected in a relationship, or struggling in another way, it can seem as though the Lord is far away. And we are not alone in these feelings; even King David, the most prolific psalmist and a man "after God's own heart," sometimes struggled with feeling as though the Lord had left Him.
Whenever we feel like the Lord is far away, He will help us defeat those feelings when we call out to Him. Sometimes we must use the Bible to preach to our souls, reminding us of sweet, eternal truths about the Lord that may miss our daily focus. When we ask Him to defeat these feelings and overcome them with truths in His Word, we open our hearts to His loving presence and He will meet us right where we are.
The Lord might speak to us through His Word, through prayer, through another person, or in another way--but we can be confident that as we come to Him again and again, He will move on our behalf. He has been here from Alpha and will be here until Omega, so He is with us right now.
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