Depth of the Dance

What is a title? A description? A summary? What is a Doctor? Someone who gives check-ups? Well, the truth is that there are different types of Doctors. There Doctors of medicine, Doctors of Divinity, and Doctors of Science. So when we say Doctor, do we need to be more specific? You don't want to see a Doctor of Letters when you have a cold.

In Revelation 22, Jesus gives himself three titles that are specific and to the point. To believe in a God, we must know who He is. We need to know His character.

"I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End." -Revelation 22:13

We have heard these descriptions so many times, that we forget to take them for what they are. Did you get excited when you read the verse? Did you take them as just a list of titles, or a description? Our complacency with the Word of God has watered down our understanding of many verses, including this one.

Challenge: Explore. Discover. Search the Word. Search your God. Search your Heart. Do not settle for a vague knowledge of the God you claim to serve. But, dig. Lift ever rock, and search around every corner for your God's identity. Don't settle for just knowing that your God is the Alpha and the Omega, but I urge you to experience it. To experience it, you must find it. Do not settle.

In these titles are promises. Jesus managed to sum himself up in 17 words. Don't you think that every letter of those 17 words is slam packed with adventure and explosion? But we must search those letters.

3 Promises
There is an uncountable amount of promises within our God's identity, but here are three that stood out to me...

1. Who We Walk With- We should ecstatic about our opportunity to have a day-in and day-out companionship with the Alpha and Omega. We often struggle to pray. This should not be the case. We need to count it as a privilege to talk with Him. Look at how much you talk and text. What if we talked to God that much? We can. Jesus, through the cross, bridged the gap between us and the Father. How exciting is this: We get to walk and talk with the ruler of the universe! That is a promise of Jesus' identity. Take advantage of this!
2. Who We Live For- We no longer have to live for our sinful nature. We no longer have to live trying to feed our selfish desires. Through Jesus, we have been given the opportunity to live for something more. We actually get to leave it all behind, and live for the God who created us. This reminds me of myself as a child. I love my mother. And, I constantly wanted her attention. I wanted to please her. I was constantly saying, "Mama, watch this.." We now have the opportunity to put on a show for the Alpha and Omega. He is watching. He deserves a good show. Live in a way that makes him want to give a standing ovation. Through Jesus, we have this ability.
3. Who We Live With- Jesus is the Beginning and the End. We get to live it with Him. Through His resurrection, we have been given life. His endless love, has given us endless life with Him. Our walk with Him is not brief. Our life for Him is not cut short. We get to live in the presence of the Alpha for eternity. What a promise!

Conviction