People always want to wear a crown but they never seem to remember that the only crown Jesus wore down on Earth was made of thorns. It wasn't silver and gold and precious jewels. It was painfully and forcefully shoved onto His head before his crucifixion. People say that, "The War is Won" and that is most definitely true. Those who live in Christ are victorious but never forget that there are still battles going on every single day. They may seem small to you, but to someone going through the exact same thing it may seem like life or death. We have to be mindful of other people's positions in this. We cannot make light of another person's plight. If someone comes to you with a problem, listen to them. Don't talk about yourself or tell them it isn't that bad. You have no idea what that person is thinking of doing next. You may just save a life if you choose to listen wholeheartedly and show someone the love of God without being sarcastic, pretentious or snarky.
Anyway, back to the crown of Jesus. According to John:
The Crown of Thorns
1Pilate then took Jesus and scourged Him. 2And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on His head, and put a purple robe on Him; 3and they began to come up to Him and say, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and to give Him slaps in the face. 4Pilate came out again and said to them, “Behold, I am bringing Him out to you so that you may know that I find no guilt in Him.” 5Jesus then came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, “Behold, the Man!” 6So when the chief priests and the officers saw Him, they cried out saying, “Crucify, crucify!” Pilate said to them, “Take Him yourselves and crucify Him, for I find no guilt in Him.” 7The Jews answered him, “We have a law, and by that law He ought to die because He made Himself out to be the Son of God.”
Wearing that crown wasn't a status symbol! It was a mockery of the one, true King! It was the way the enemy wanted to mark his victory, little did he know that Jesus had come to die, in order to give His people power over sin. Today this crown is a reminder of the sacrifice we didn't deserve, correct? It is meant to remind the believers of what we do deserve: a gruesome death. So why are we acting all high and mighty?Yes, we are called to walk in the authority that is bestowed on us through the Holy Spirit but that does not make us better than anyone else. We were all sinners until we turned back to Christ. Don't be so heavenly bound that you're no earthly good.
If you want to wear a crown so bad, wear a crown of thorns and live like Jesus asked us to: loving those who hate us, giving back to those who are poor. Making sacrifices and being holy. We are kings and queens in God but we are called to be SERVANT OF ALL! It is the least we can do to represent God's grace, mercy forgiveness and love. Sometimes we are the only God people see and that is a fact but we do not always act like Him and that has got to change.
Here are two songs that talk about it a little more:
Crown of Thorns by God's Servant and Crowns & Thorns by KB
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