What’s better than the crown? The King who made it for you.

The Queen of England’s crown is worth upward of four billion dollars. It is kept under lock and key when not in use. Imagine something of that value to sit upon your head. And yet, as children of God we are all getting a crown. A crown made by God and filled with jewels that have been earned through our lives. Some crowns will be full of sparkling gems and others will be fairly bare, yet each crown will be worth countless more than the crown that was once worn by our loved Queen. Do you know what the best part is? Crowns filled with jewels and crowns bare to the core will both have one thing in common when we get to Heaven. They will be thrown aside as we run to Jesus. We are all wearing our crowns right now. How we live our lives is adorning our crowns right now. When we get to Heaven we will finally see what they look like, yet instead of being dazzled by their beautiful wealth we will cast them down at the feet of Jesus and reach only for His embrace. How we live our lives matters, but nothing matters more than loving and serving Jesus. Nothing matters more than falling in His arms and hearing Him say, “well done, good and faithful servant.” We get offended by that word ‘servant’. But Jesus served others while He was here, He showed us how to have a servant heart. It’s never easy and some days it hurts, but it’s not offensive, it’s following in the footsteps, and knee prints, of our savior.