Almighty

 

“’I am the Alpha and the Omega,’ says the Lord God, ‘The One who is, who was, and who is coming, the Almighty.’” Revelation 1:8

The Almighty God is one with complete, infinite power/strength and unlimited authority. It may be almost inconceivable to grasp what that truly means. Infinite power is a power or strength with no end. Just like when we looked at John 1 and saw that Jesus was eternal, having no beginning and no end, so His power and strength are without ends. Similarly for one’s authority to be without limits, there must be no one above or greater than you. No one who has authority over you. As a mother with a soon-to-be teenager in my house, we have seen the natural desire to be in such a position, but it is not one we were made for. Only one entity can have unlimited authority and that is found in the trinity.

Being Almighty God is crucial if Jesus is to be the Lord of lords and King of kings. He would not be able to be the supreme ruler if any other entity had greater power or more authority than Him. It is a contradiction that would undermine and devalue both names. Likewise, Jesus must be Almighty if He is the Alpha and the Omega. A.W. Tozer points out “that God the self-existent Creator is the source of all power there is, and since a source must be at least equal to anything that emanates from it, God is of necessity equal to all the power there is.” (The Knowledge of the Holy) Jesus could not be the creator of the universe if He didn’t have complete and absolute power.

Isaiah 40:28 states that God does not grow faint or weary. This is another attribute of the Almighty God that we can depend and rely upon. When we exert ourselves physically, we will often find ourselves to be worn out and weakened until we are able to refuel and replenish our bodies. This is not how God works. Exertions do not deplete Him. No matter how much He gives, He remains as complete and powerful as before. He is not diminished in the least. So even as Jesus hung on the cross, His power had not lessened.

Indeed in the moments when some might look and claim He was weak-
when His neighbors and town rejected Him,
when He didn’t rise to the challenges set by Satan in the desert,
when He remained silent and did not defend Himself,
when He was wrongly accused and betrayed,
when He was whipped and mocked
and eventually when He was hung on the cross-
it was in these moments that we see His greatest strength- the strength of His character, the strength of His love, the strength of His obedience, and ultimately His power over the enemy and death.

This month I wanted to take time to “Be still and know” that He is God. Today I see it more clearly than ever. For who is like our God? Who else has the power to give children to the barren woman, heal merely by speaking, or raise to life those who were dead? He is God. Hallelujah! There is no better place to dwell than at His feet.

More Verses to Consider:
Genesis 18:14, Isaiah 43:13, Matthew 19:26, John 11:1-44, Romans 1:20, 1 Corinthians 1:24

 

Lord,
 Almighty One, I am reminded time and again how great You are, how incredible are Your ways, and yet all too often, I still fall in the trap of thinking I can handle life on my own. Thank You for Your boundless forgiveness and patience with me. May I remember Your might and strength, Your infinite power and know You and You alone can lead me down right paths.