In the book of Genesis, God creates the heavens and the earth. Also, at the end of the book of Revelation He creates new heavens and a new earth. This completes the story of creation. Most importantly, He always completes what He starts.
He Will Complete What He Started
However, have you ever wondered if maybe God had lost his patience with you or this world? Maybe, he has just given up on you or this world?
Well, he hasn’t. He promises in Philippians to complete what He started.
You can be assured that God will never give up on you or the world. Furthermore, if God had given up on us, He never would have sent Jesus to save us.
Today I wanted to encourage you to trust God to complete what He started. Trust Him to always work for your good.
Most importantly, we have a lot to look forward to when He finishes His creation with new heavens and a new earth.
New Heavens and a New Earth
And, just as He will complete his work with new heavens and a new earth, possibly very soon, He will also complete the work He is doing in your own life.
God has a lot more patience than I do and His grace in never-ending.
He works all things for good in our lives when we trust Him. Additionally, there is nothing we can do keep God from loving us.
Moreover, this life is a journey and Salvation is only the beginning of all that God has for us. He will continue to work in us as we turn to Him.
Recently, I received a devotion from Worthy Brief about how this very subject. I have it below. If you want to find more great devotions from them, you can check out their website here: https://www.worthydevotions.com
Trust Him to Complete What He Started
New Heavens and A New earth scriptures
Genesis 1:1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. (B’re’shiyt bara Elohim ‘et (Aleph – Tav) hashamyim v’et ha’aretz.)
Isaiah 44:6 Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts: “I am the first and I am the last; besides me there is no god.
Revelation 21:1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.
Revelation 21:6 And he said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment.www.worthydevotions.com
Devotion From Worthy Brief
New Heavens and A New Earth- Genesis
The Bible begins with the creation of the heavens and earth and ends with the creation of a new heavens and a new earth. Thus the Word of God delineates a complete story of everything from the beginning of the created world to the unending eternity toward which we are headed. The scripture also identifies Yeshua as the firstborn over all creation, [Colossians 1:15] and thus the Lord of all time.
In the book of Genesis, the very first verse of the Bible contains the Hebrew word formed from the first and last letters of the alphabet, i.e., aleph-tav. Interestingly, this word is not translated, even though it serves a grammatical purpose as a preposition pointing to the direct object of the sentence. Aleph-tav, nevertheless, may carry an important, if somewhat hidden, meaning, as some commentators see in these Hebrew letters an agent of creation, Yeshua, the image of the invisible God by whom all things were created; [Colossians 1:15-16], the “Aleph and the Tav”…
This identity of our Lord is explicitly expressed in the book of Revelation, for the Bible concludes with the statement that Yeshua (Jesus) is the “Alpha and the Omega.” Alpha and Omega are the first and last letters in the Greek alphabet. From the beginning to the end of the biblical narrative, then, we receive the revelation that, as the agent of Creation, Yeshua truly encompasses all that is, and as such, it is only in Him that we find our completeness; as the author of Hebrews declares, He truly is “the author and finisher of our faith; [Hebrews 12:2].
Alpha And Omega
This identity of our Lord is explicitly expressed in the book of Revelation, for the Bible concludes with the statement that Yeshua (Jesus) is the “Alpha and the Omega.” Alpha and Omega are the first and last letters in the Greek alphabet. From the beginning to the end of the biblical narrative, then, we receive the revelation that, as the agent of Creation, Yeshua truly encompasses all that is, and as such, it is only in Him that we find our completeness; as the author of Hebrews declares, He truly is “the author and finisher of our faith; [Hebrews 12:2].
While we’re here on earth, we are still not completed but remain in the midst of a journey, begun in Him, and pressing, even groaning, toward the blessed hope, the resurrection of our earthly bodies when we will be truly complete. Yes, it is quite obvious — He’s not finished with us yet!
Trish, but, the Alpha and Omega, in Whom resides all power and wisdom, has not yet finished His good work in us. So be encouraged this day – for we can certainly trust the words of Paul when he said, “He that began a good work in you will bring it to completion” [Philippians 1:6], His very identity as Lord of all time and eternity, Aleph-Tav, and Alpha-Omega — guarantees it!
Your family in the Lord with much agape love,
George, Baht Rivka, Obadiah and Elianna (Going to Christian College in Dallas, Texas)
Baltimore, Maryland
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Conclusion
If God is the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last and if he finishes by creating new heavens and a new earth, the He will also complete the work He is doing in you. It is God who is working in you so let Him lead. I think learning to let Him lead is one of the hardest things I can do but also what I want most. It is a journey and I know that He will complete the work He is doing in me and in You.
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