- Crown with Love
Psalm 103:4b
Who crowneth thee with lovingkingness and tender mercies;
One of the benefits from the Lord not to forget is the crowning with love and mercy. After all the promises God blesses me with He crowns me with committed love and tender mercy. This crown enables me to enjoy all the forgiveness, healing and redemption He has already given. We know that there is already laid up for us the crown of life, and now we know that we are also given a crown of love.
The gift of a beautiful crown is like a reward for a deserving participant, except that in my case Grace earned the reward for me. I did not earn it on my own but I do deserve it: Jesus’ life and death earned the reward and He gave His life and death to me. By faith I have a righteous life and innocent death; therefore I deserve the reward, a crown of love. The promise is a reward of grace. After rewarding me with every spiritual blessing in Christ Jesus He tops it off with love and mercy.
A Crown is also a symbol of a King: a coronation bestows on a person the right to rule. We who have been saved have been made kings and priests; we rule with Christ in the heavenly places; but it should be noted well that the ruling and governing is done by love and mercy not by force and power. A Christian is a lord of all and a servant of all. A king is given authority for the purpose of serving and protecting the people. Christians have been given authority for the purpose of serving and protecting their fellow men.