“Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and has crowned him with glory and honour” (Psa 8:5).
God wants to give us two crowns – crown of glory and crown of honour.
It is amazing to note that when God created us, he crowned us with these two crowns of glory and honour. But when sin came, the crowns fell from our heads – man lost this glory and honour. “We are confounded: shame hath covered our faces… For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” (Jer 51:51; Rom 3:23).
It is amazing to note that when God created us, he crowned us with these two crowns of glory and honour. But when sin came, the crowns fell from our heads – man lost this glory and honour. “We are confounded: shame hath covered our faces… For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” (Jer 51:51; Rom 3:23).
However, in this Grace Period, God is creating a new man to crown him once again with glory and honour. How do we get these crowns? What is glory? In Exodus 15:11 we read, “Who is like Thee, glorious in holiness…?” Our God is glorious in holiness and therefore the real glory is the holiness of God. What is honour? “Before honour is humility” (Pro 15:33). So the crowns of glory and honour in other words speak of God’s holiness and God’s humility.
A crown is normally set on the head. The head shows our thoughts. Sometimes we can have holiness and humility in our words and appearance, but they may not be in our thoughts. God wants our mind or thoughts to be filled with God’s humility and purity – that will be crowns of glory and honour to us.
If holiness and humility do not adorn our thoughts, we are living in disgrace – ‘the crown is fallen from our heads!’
– Taken from Morning Manna – Thoughts for Daily Devotion
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