Mighty

 I've a powerful verse to share today, one that I think we've barely scratched in understanding its truth. It has the power to transform and revolutionize our lives. It's likely one you've heard many times before, think you "know," but have never really sought Him in.

Henry Blackaby, speaking on the promises of God said, "If they are in your head only, they will not change anything in your life. They have to hit your heart." In Revelation 1:8, Jesus says of Himself, "I am the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I am the One who is, who always was, and is still to come, the Almighty One." You may have heard or read this verse many times. Has it hit your head but missed your heart?

We will never understand the fullness of this verse, this side of eternity and even into it, but I do believe there are three areas of its power that He means to open to us and for us to live in. The first is that He is the Almighty One, the One who is. The One who is greater, mightier, than anyone or anything that could ever come against us. There is no limit to His might and power. Whether we face crippling fear, loss, heartache, affliction, fiery trial, or overwhelming flood, HE IS GREATER! Today, everyday, in the midst of the deepest darkness, need, or danger, He is Lord over all of it.

Secondly, no matter what's happened or been done to us, and no matter what haunts us from our past, it is powerless against He who was and who has always been. We can take what has been, what has happened to He who is Lord over all our yesterdays and receive His healing, deliverance, and freedom. That which has marked our lives and doggedly followed us for years, even decades, is overcome by the One who not only forgives the past but cancels its power and tyranny over us. 

Last, there are some of us, perhaps many of us who face an ominous and terrifying future. The unknown can fill us with dread. So much in our marriages, families, livelihoods, and ministries may be very unsettled right now. Still, that which is yet to come must yield to Him who is still to come. The Almighty One as concerns are past and present will continue to be so in all of our tomorrows. Whatever our future may hold, we can rest in Him because the One who was mighty before, is mighty now, will be mighty then. He was so from the beginning, He is so now, and He will be so to the end. 

This is truth. Has it hit your heart? Do you "know" it's reality there? The book of Revelation is called a "mystery book," but the power and truth of this promise needn't be a mystery to us. He is Jesus Christ, the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end...to the end.

Blessings,
Pastor O