J.A. Matteson
"In the beginning God...." (Gen. 1:1). Consider this Spirit inspired truth uttered by Moses and absorb its implications. God is eternal and before all things. God is then necessarily in the midst of all things progressively, and the end of all things conclusively. The joy of pilgrims is the omnipresent immediacy of Christ who was and is and is to come, "lo I am with you always, even to the end of the age" (Matt. 28:20). At every beginning in your life Christ is there. We live and move and have our being in the linear dimension of time. At the beginning of this day, Christ is there. At the beginning of occasions of triumphant joy, Christ is there. At the beginning of tragedy and heartbreak, Christ is there. At the beginning of pondering alternative future plans, Christ is there. Christ is at the beginnig of all things, in the midst of all things, and at the collusion of all things. Christ is all in all. Contemplate the number of beginnings in time that define each day of your life and rest in the reality of the presence of Christ in all of them. Christ is the alpha and omega, the beginning and the end.
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