Crowned.
Psalm 103:2-4. Today as we approach the throne of the most high God, we recall a special coronation that took place where the King of Kings reinstated us as His royal sons and daughters. Undeserving, Jesus walked across the room, and He called us forth. He spoke our names, summoning us to bow our knees to Him, the one and only reigning King. Lifting our heads, He crowned us and robed us in garments of His holiness. He took our hands and invited us into a dance of grace, leading us around the grand ballroom of His kingdom. His glory and majesty filled the room. As we gaze into the eyes of our loving Lord and Saviour, we weep with thankfulness, knowing it cost Him everything so we could be crowned.
How did He do it? How did He give up His heavenly crown, exchanging it for a cruel crown of thorns made by defiled human hands, intended to humiliate Him? How did He endure the mocking, the spitting, the beating, and the suffering; the poisonous fangs of sinners sinking their vicious teeth into the very One who could save them? Would you do that? I wouldn’t. Yet, He saw our worth woven into the vile crown of thorns, and He wore it unto death to reclaim us and remind us we are treasured at the greatest possible cost and freed to live crowned. He calls us royal, and it almost hurts, for we know we have been unworthy servants. Yet, He crafted our new crowns with His holy hands, decorating them with the jewels of His love: rubies of redemption, diamonds of dignity, sapphires of significance, opals of opulent love, pearls of purpose, and emeralds of eternal value; all precious gemstones of His grace and goodness. Were any of us qualified to wear the crowns He made for us? No! Not one. We were all guilty of trading our original crowns and leaving them on His kingdom floor to go off and dance with the wolves of lies, deception and disobedience. We left our Master. Yet here we are reinstated and restored to Him, crowned again and again by Jesus, our King supreme.
We will never really know what it cost Jesus, our King of valour to purchase and personally make the crowns He has given us, but He didn’t hesitate to come for us, purchase us and ensure we are once again crowned.
So, friends, get your “crown” on today.
Best days to come.
Wen