A Reflection On God’s Word

When I need to be reminded of the authority of Scripture

Jesus Himself says that He is the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. When this truth grips us, discipleship takes off. There can be no casual reading of the Gospels when we understand that the words of Jesus are the words not only of a great teacher but of God Himself, the Creator of the universe, the author of all wisdom and the knower of all mysteries. There is nothing truer or more complete in this world than the teaching that comes straight from the mouth of the living God; in fact, there is no other opinion worth heeding. His words are the owner’s manual for our hearts.

Ask yourself these probing questions: Do you hear His words casually, as though they are mere suggestions? Or do you voraciously consume His teaching as the key to life, dependent on it for your very existence? Are His words like a fragrant aroma—pleasing, but not entirely necessary? Or are they like oxygen—a matter of life and death? His words were true before the foundation of the world and they will be true for all eternity. Savor them well.

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.

Revelation 22:13