Gabriel Agbo | Alpha and Omega

God is perfectly in control. Stop panicking! The right understanding of God’s authority over the affairs of all creation will always enhance our relationship with him, and also inspire our confidence in His word. The God we are serving is the creator of all things and is always in perfect control of the whole universe – heavens, earth, waters, humans, spirits, plants, animals, events. Everything! Nothing can exist or function without Him. He brought us into existence and has his master plans for our lives. And He is willing and capable of bringing them to pass. Just brood over these statements, “ I am the Alpha and Omega – the beginning and the end,” says the Lord God. “ I am the one who is, who always was, and who is still to come, the Almighty one” Revelation 1:8 and also “Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith;” (Hebrew 12:2)

Our main text from Revelation 1:8 was our LORD trying to authenticate the message He was giving to the Church through John. It was like a signature on the message. Jesus wanted John and the entire Church to know that all He had told them would ultimately come to pass; hence, His putting His position and authority as a seal. He wanted them to know that He (Jesus) was still in full control of events. And remember, the Church (Christians) was going through serious persecution at that period and needed a message of encouragement and hope. That was immediately after Jesus ascended. He had to reassure them that He was coming back as He promised. That all they were going through would be temporal, as He was coming to bring everything to an end. His signature to this was, “I am the Alpha and the Omega – the beginning and the end, the one who is, who always was, and who is still to come, the Almighty One.” Amen! What you are going through now is temporal.

ALPHA AND OMEGA

The LORD said to the Church that He is the Alpha and the Omega – the beginning and the end. Alpha is the first letter in the Greek alphabet, while Omega is the last. What this title signifies is that Jesus is the beginning and the end of everything, the first and the last. He started it all, and He will also end it. He knows and controls how it will end from the beginning. It is very important that we understand this and also apply to our life and relationship with God. We must begin to understand that we are like projects in His hands. He started it all. He initiated our existence, our faith, our visions and our ministry, our marriage, our business. He gave us those visions we are running with. And if that is true, then He will not fail to faithfully conclude what He started. He does not abandon His projects on the way. When we fully appreciate this, then we will begin to have full confidence in our relationship with him. Our faith, our life, our family, everything about us in perfectly in his control, and he will see them all to perfection. I believe this is also why he once told Jacob, “ I will not leave you until I have fulfilled all that I spoke concerning you.” This promise has been my anchor in life.

You know, there are times we get so afraid that we begin to wonder if we will ever get to our destination. Maybe, because of the hindrances, turbulence; it’s like the whole thing is going topsy-turvy. But that is actually the right time to remember that we have the Alpha and Omega; who is the author as well as the finisher of our faith. We must continue to put our faith in him until the victorious, glorious end. He was telling the troubled church, through John, that he would surely complete what he started, according to his promises. Yes, God will perfect all that concerns you! He also made them to know that he is unchangeable. He does not change in character, in essence and integrity. What he is, he was and ever shall be. He is the eternal God. Nothing, nobody, no situation can change him and his words. Look at the way James 1:17 puts it, “... the father of lights with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning... .” You can always trust His words. He said, “ For I am the Lord, I change not;” I love David, he said that he (God) is the same, and that his years shall have no end. Why are you afraid when such a personality is with you?

ALMIGHTY ONE

By declaring that he is the Almighty One simply means that he is having all the power. He is the most powerful. His power is beyond measure. Yes, there are powers and authorities in different realms. There are great powers in the air, in the waters, on earth and in the forests. There are powers in the occult world and the dark kingdom. There are powers in the kingdom of men on earth, but our LORD wants the church to know that he is the Almighty One – the all-powerful. He is above all. He made all of them. Nobody, no power, can stand on his way or thwart his plans and programme. Whatever he purposes, he executes without any form of hindrance. When we recognse these, no situation, no spirit or human will be able to intimidate us. This is why the bible said that if you know your God, you will be strong and do exploits.

I remember when I was having that press war with the head of the Ogboni secret cult the other time, some people actually wrote me, warning me to be careful and all that – that those guys could be very dangerous, and so on. Yes, I understood what they were saying, but I also knew that it would have been (as it is still) impossible for any occult person to successful harm me. Why? Because I know and function in the authority of the Almighty One – the Alpha and the Omega!

Another one wrote me and advised me to stop talking about the powers and name of Jesus; that it was elementary. That I should come and read great mystic books that will enhance and launch me to greater influence and power, etc. I laughed at him. I reminded him that at the mention of the name of JESUS, great powers of darkness (including the one he is serving) have always genuflected and bowed. Yes, the gospel is that simple, yet the most powerful.

We must recognise that our God is the Almighty One, and we must constantly function in that knowledge. He can do all things. He is the creator and the head of all principalities, powers, dominions, authorities, thrones; and that at the mention of his name, every knee, every situation, and every power must bow. Until next week. God bless.

Rev Gabriel Agbo is the author of several books/audiobooks. Email: gabrielagbo@yahoo.com.