I Am the Alpha

Transcript

Hello, my friend… so glad you're with me today. This is By God's Call — day 359, I Am the Alpha.

"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty." Revelation 1:8.

Alpha. Omega. The first and last letters of the Greek alphabet. It's as though God is saying: I am the A and the Z. I am the beginning of the sentence and the final period at the end of it. Nothing exists before me, and nothing exists after me — because everything falls within the space I occupy.

This is the opening chapter of the most intense book in the Bible. Before the unsettling visions, before the seals, the trumpets, the battles — before anything that might make you anxious as you read Revelation — God presents Himself first. And His introduction isn't that of a distant judge or an unreadable mystery. It's the introduction of Someone who already holds everything that is coming under control.

Notice the three phrases He uses to describe Himself: who is, who was, who is to come. God is not confined to a single moment in time the way we are. He was already there in your past — in that difficult year, in that decision you regret, in that pain that still aches when you remember it. He was there, even when it felt like no one else was. He is present now, in this very moment as you listen. And He is already in your future — not watching from a distance, waiting to see what happens, but already there, preparing the way before you arrive.

And this isn't just any voice saying this. It is the Lord God Himself, speaking in the first person: "I am." That's the same language God used with Moses at the burning bush, when He said, "I am who I am." It's the language of Someone who needs no credentials, because He is the very source of everything that exists.

And the Almighty. That title comes right after. Because if He is the beginning and the end of all history, then no chapter of your life falls outside His reach. Not the chapter you already lived and wish you could erase. Not the chapter that hasn't even started yet, the one that gives you anxiety just thinking about it.

I want to ask you: is there some worry about the future you've been carrying alone? Something that hasn't even happened yet, but is already weighing on your chest today? The God who introduces Himself here is not caught off guard by any of it. He is already there, in your tomorrow, waiting for you.

So today, I want to invite you to do something simple: name out loud that worry — the heaviest one right now — and hand it over to the One who is already the Alpha and Omega of your story. He was already in your yesterday. He is in your today. And He is already in your tomorrow, waiting for you.

Stay close to God. Pray — then act. I'll see you tomorrow, my friend.