‘I am the Alpha and Omega’ (Revelation 22:13)

Jesus is the first and the last. He began, He carries on, and He will complete the great work of our eternal salvation. He was the first object to which we were directed to look, and He will be the last we shall wish to see. He was the first subject we began to learn, and we shall be learning about Him into eternity.

He is the first with us in every trial and trouble, and will never leave us nor forsake us. He is the foundation on which we build, and He will always be there for our covering. We should look to Him first in every trouble, and go to Him first with every want. He includes all that is good, great, and glorious.

He that has Jesus, has all things. Therefore, let us begin with Jesus, and then go on with Jesus, and then end with Jesus: and a blessed ending it will be. He is our great lesson, and we have learned nothing to purpose until we know Him. ‘Oh, to know Christ, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, and becoming like Him in His death!’ [Philippians 3:10].

Let us aim to learn the happy art of looking to Jesus, expecting from Jesus, and glorifying Jesus as our ALPHA and OMEGA from day to day.

 Christ is my hope, my strength, my guide,
For me He groan’d, and bled, and died;
Christ is the source of all my bliss,
My wisdom and my righteousness:
My Saviour, Brother, faithful Friend,
On Him alone I now depend.

THE DAILY REMEMBRANCER by James Smith (1802-1862)

Journal Jottings

‘I have reason to believe that my two next oldest sons are seeking the Lord, this I esteem an unspeakable mercy. I have often felt that the Lord would hear my fervent importunate prayers for my family; and yet fear would arise, so that I could not feel confident.’