Another descriptive name for Jesus is Alpha and Omega - Alpha, the first letter of the Greek alphabet and Omega the last. He is the A to Z, the beginning and the end, the first and the last, the author and the finisher.
The beginning and ending of our lives are often the most dramatic, but it is in the middle where the beginning is played out and the ending is determined that we grow and learn the lessons of endurance. The wedding is a beautiful and exciting beginning, but the day to day middle is where the loving relationship is established through thick and thin and, hopefully, is carried through to a beautiful ending. Sometimes, I am concerned that here in the middle of my life, in the day to day, I am not becoming what I should be. I am falling short in my loving and caring, in my attitude and in my usefulness.
When the Apostle Paul wrote to his fellow Christians he didn't put his hope in their ability to endure, instead, he expressed confidence in God himself, saying, "I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished (Phil 1:6 NIV). We are exhorted to keep our eyes on Jesus who is the author and the finisher of our faith. God is not only the initiator and the completer, he is also the executor of all that happens in between.
We can trust with confidence that God who began the good work in us will bring it to completion. He never stops working with us even though we sometimes don't recognize the progress. He never gives up on his project and will continue until he makes us all that he wants us to be.
May he produce in you, through the power of Jesus Christ, every good thing that is pleasing to him.
Heb 13:21 (NLT)
Let us fix our eyes on Jesus,
the author and perfecter of our faith.
Heb 12:2 (NIV)
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