I am the Culmination

I am the culmination of all your hopes and desires. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last: who is and was and is to come. Before you knew Me, you expressed your longing for Me in hurtful ways. You were ever so vulnerable to the evil around you in the world. But now My Presence safely shields you, enfolding you in My loving arms. I have lifted you out of darkness into My marvelous Light.

Though I have brought many pleasures into your life, not one of them is essential. Receive My blessings with open hands. Enjoy My good gifts, but do not cling to them. Turn your attention to the Giver of all good things, and rest in the knowledge that you are complete in Me. The one thing you absolutely need is the one thing you can never lose: My Presence with you.

Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken. My salvation and my honor depend on God; he is my mighty rock, my refuge. Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge.- PSALM 62:5–8

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”- REVELATION 1:8

But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.- 1 PETER 2:9

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.- JAMES 1:17

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Today God wants us to know that we should not get attached to our earthly gifts he gives us. He has blessed us with many things but those are not something we should become longing for. Instead the only thing we should "need" in our lives is His presences and because of Jesus dying on the cross for us, we will have His presences with us every day of our lives until He returns to this earth.

Think about what is important to you today. Do you cling to your car, your house, your clothes or money? Give them all to God. Let Him take control of these earthly things so that all you need is His love and guidance. Once we offer ourselves and our lives to Him this will be easy, but first we have to be willing to give it up.