"THE BEGINNING AND THE END, THE FIRST AND THE LAST." What our Lord began, He carries on, and He will bring to a completion the great work of our eternal salvation. He was the first object to which we were directed to look and He will be the last we shall wish to see. He was the first subject we began to learn and we shall be learning of Him to all eternity. He is first with us in every trial and trouble, and will never leave us nor forsake us. He is the foundation on which we build, and He will be for a covering. We should look to Him first in every trouble and go to Him first with every want. He includes all that is good, great, and glorious. He that hath Jesus hath all things. Let us begin with Jesus, and then go on with Jesus, so shall we end with Jesus, and a blessed ending it will be. He is our great lesson and we have learned nothing to purpose until we know Him. O to know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, and to be made conformable to His death! Let us endeavor to learn the joy of looking to Jesus, expecting from Jesus, and glorifying Jesus as our Alpha and Omega from day to day.

For Meditation:
Christ is my hope, my strength, my guide:
For me He groaned, and bled, and died;
Christ is the source of all my bliss,
My wisdom, and my righteousness;
My Saviour, Brother, faithful Friend,
On Him alone I all depend.