March 7 Daily Devotional

Bible Reading

Revelation 1:1-11:

¹The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
²Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.
³Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.
⁴John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;
⁵And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
⁶And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
⁷Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
⁸I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
⁹I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
¹⁰I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
¹¹Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.

Devotional

Christ, the glorified Christ, is speaking from heaven to John, the beloved disciple; to him who had reclined on the Saviour's bosom, but is now in banishment for the Gospel's sake. What an encouragement the appearance of Christ must have been unto him in the tribulation. And what does Jesus say? "I am Alpha and Omega." The alpha and omega are the first and the last letters of the Greek alphabet. Christ is the Beginning and the Ending, the First and the Last. And from the beginning to the end He is there, always the same, the unchangeable One: "I am, that I am." He was there in the beginning, when the world was created. "All things were made by him." He is also the end. "Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom of God, even the Father." And furthermore, He is the fulfillment of every promise of God given between the beginning and the end. All the promises of God are yea in him and Amen in him. "For of him, and through him, and unto him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever." And this is our Saviour, who has loved us and has given himself for us. What a privilege to know him. He has given us an understanding "that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life."

Prayer

O God, help us to realize what a great and wonderful Saviour we have — the eternal Son of God, the unchangeable One, in whom all Thy promises are yea and are Amen. Help us to appropriate them to ourselves, to make them our own, to believe them. Cause us to see the riches of grace in Christ Jesus. Then make us truly humble, and help us to magnify the name of our Saviour, to whom all praise and honor is due. For his sake. Amen.

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Scripture in Devotional: Ex. 3:14; 1 Cor. 15:24; 2 Cor. 1:20; Rom. 11:36; 1 John 5:20.

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