Day 23: 

The Alpha and Omega

“I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.” Revelation 22:13 (KJV)

Morning Devotion

Life has a funny way of circling back.

We start with wonder, stumble through questions, and sooner or later realize that everything that begins and ends somehow traces its way through the hands of God.

Jesus did not just say He was at the beginning and the end. He said, “I am Alpha and Omega.”

That means the story starts with Him, runs through Him, and wraps up in Him.

Alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet. Omega is the last. Jesus holds every letter in between, every chapter of your life, every sentence of your story, every comma and question mark you have ever faced.

Nothing starts without His permission, and nothing ends without His purpose.

A Porch Story

I remember sitting on the porch one evening with an old friend who had just retired.

He had one of those faraway looks, the kind that sees both backward and forward at the same time.

“I thought retirement would feel like finishing the book,” he said, “but it is more like closing a chapter and realizing the story keeps going.”

He leaned back, took a slow sip of sweet tea, and grinned. “I guess the Author is not done writing yet.”

We both laughed, but there was deep truth in his words.

Every ending is just a prelude in the hands of the Alpha and Omega.

That conversation stuck with me, because we live most of life in the middle, between what God started and what He is still completing. If you do not learn to trust Him in the middle, you will spend your whole story anxious about the next page.

The Alpha wrote your beginning with intention.

The Omega already holds your ending in glory.

So you can rest easy in the middle, knowing the Author is still holding the pen.

The God of the Middle Pages

When life feels uncertain, we tend to grab the pen from God’s hand and start editing.

We underline the good parts, scratch out the painful ones, and try to rewrite the story our way.

But the truth is, the middle is where most of life unfolds, the ordinary Tuesdays, the in between prayers, the waiting seasons. It is in those middle pages that God does His best work.

He turns commas into grace pauses, question marks into faith builders, and periods into resurrection points.

If you are in a middle chapter right now, hold on. The story is not over. The Alpha who began a good work in you will see it through to the end (Philippians 1:6).

A Little Porch-side Theology

Jesus does not just bookend history. He owns every paragraph.

The same hands that shaped Eden are writing your present moment.

When the first word was spoken, “Let there be light,” Jesus was there.

When the final word is declared, “It is finished,” He will still be there.

In between those two moments, He walks with us through every valley, victory, heartbreak, and hallelujah.

He is the God of Genesis and Revelation, and of every page in between called your life.

Life Application

Take a few minutes today to look back over your life like you are rereading a familiar book.

Notice how many times God has shown up, how He wove purpose through pain, turned detours into direction, and used even delays to develop you.

Then write this in your journal:

“Alpha started this. Omega will finish it. I will trust Him with the middle.”

The next time something feels out of control, whisper that truth under your breath. It is amazing how peace grows when you stop trying to edit what the Author is already perfecting.

Prayer

Alpha and Omega,

Thank You for being the first and the last word over my life.

You started my story with purpose and promise,

and You will finish it with glory and grace.

Teach me to trust You in the middle,

when I cannot see the next chapter,

when I am tempted to take the pen,

when the waiting feels long.

Remind me that You are not pacing the porch in worry.

You are seated on the throne in victory.

Write what brings You glory,

and give me the faith to read it with gratitude.

In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Reflection Question / Journal Prompt

What “middle chapter” are you living in right now?

Is it a season of waiting, rebuilding, or wondering?

Write this in your journal:

“Lord, help me make peace with the middle.”

Then jot down three moments from your past where you clearly saw God’s hand guiding the story. Revisit those memories when you need proof that the Author has not stopped writing.

Evening Reflection

The porch is quiet tonight. The crickets sing their evening song, and the moon climbs slowly above the trees. It is the perfect reminder that even when the day ends, the story keeps going.

Jesus is still the Alpha, faithful in beginnings. He is still the Omega, victorious in endings. He is still present in the middle, the steady grace between sunrise and sunset.

Before you turn in tonight, take a deep breath and whisper, “You have the first word, Lord, and You will have the last.”

Rest there.

When you know who holds the bookends, you do not have to fear the chapters in between.

The Alpha already wrote mercy into your mornings. The Omega already sealed hope into your endings. In between, right here, right now, He is writing redemption in real time.

So close the day with peace, knowing that your life is not a random series of sentences. It is a masterpiece being edited by the hands of eternity.

Sleep well, friend.

The Author is still awake.

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