We Shall Wear A Crown
“And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and
wrote upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE
LORD.”
(Exodus 39:30)
Today’s Morsel: “To
be a king, and wear a crown, is a thing more glorious to them that see it than
it is pleasant from them that bear it.” (Queen Elizabeth I). Often when
we see kings and queens, and those arrayed with crowns and with such splendor,
we don’t understand the duty and role that is associated with such adornment.
We just see the beauty. The same is true with leadership positions. Most only
see it from their eyesight, not the person fulfilling the position. The
position holder knows what is required. We may read of Esther being crowned as
queen and think of how glorious and beautiful she must have been. But Esther
understood the role. As she told Mordecai: “All the king's servants,
and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or
woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there
is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold
out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in
unto the king these thirty days.”(Esther 4:11) She said yes, I’m queen
with the crown on my head, but I just can’t go in unto the king anytime I want
to. Paul lets us know that there is a crown waiting for us, but we must
endure unto the end. He stated: “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course,
I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of
righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day:
and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.” (2 Timothy 4:7-8) If we stay faithful to
the Lord to the end, we, too, will one day wear a crown.
Sing: If
when you give, the best of your service, telling the world that the Savior has
come, be not dismayed, if friends don’t believe you, He’ll understand and say
well done.
Thought For Today: “Behold,
I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.”
(Revelation 3:11)
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