God Wants Your to Have a Beautiful Crown
Today we have been talking about a new look. I have one, but most of us need a new look in a different way. We need a new look in our self-esteem. God wants you to have a beautiful crown. He wants you to live like royalty. You can if you will simply open up, look over, and dive in.
When we realize that Jesus Christ has died on the cross for our sins and has risen again, then suddenly we know that we are somebody. When we know that we are somebody, we act like somebody. That changes everything about our lives. When we know that we are somebody, when we know that we are royalty, it changes the way that we work. No longer are we just punching a clock or picking up a check. We are not just going through the drone of life. We are working ultimately for God himself.
Because we are royalty, we have a mission in life. If you are a teacher, you are not just teaching a class, you are doing it for the glory of God. There is nothing like the feeling of knowing that you put your best into it as you leave that campus. Maybe as a pastor, there is nothing like knowing that you put in the prayer, study time, and discipline in order to deliver that message. As you drive away from the church you know that you gave it your best. There is nothing like being a repair person and knowing that you put your best, with commitment and endurance, into fixing things or installing things. As you drive away from the work site, you know that you have done it for the glory of God. No matter what you do, if you are an athlete or a coach, or if you are in real estate, you must do it for the glory of God. You are royalty. That puts a whole new spin on everything that you do. You see people's work differently. Some people also understand that they have a specific plan from God, that God's plan is not just putting more zero's behind the decimal point. Ed Young Fellowship also reminds us that God's plan is not just stacking up more paper crowns. It is doing the real deal.
One thing that I try to think about regularly in my own life is to mentally try and put red tags on every material thing that I own or that I see. I say to myself that those tags read €perishable.€ Because the Bible says that one day everything will go up in smoke.
When we realize that Jesus Christ has died on the cross for our sins and has risen again, then suddenly we know that we are somebody. When we know that we are somebody, we act like somebody. That changes everything about our lives. When we know that we are somebody, when we know that we are royalty, it changes the way that we work. No longer are we just punching a clock or picking up a check. We are not just going through the drone of life. We are working ultimately for God himself.
Because we are royalty, we have a mission in life. If you are a teacher, you are not just teaching a class, you are doing it for the glory of God. There is nothing like the feeling of knowing that you put your best into it as you leave that campus. Maybe as a pastor, there is nothing like knowing that you put in the prayer, study time, and discipline in order to deliver that message. As you drive away from the church you know that you gave it your best. There is nothing like being a repair person and knowing that you put your best, with commitment and endurance, into fixing things or installing things. As you drive away from the work site, you know that you have done it for the glory of God. No matter what you do, if you are an athlete or a coach, or if you are in real estate, you must do it for the glory of God. You are royalty. That puts a whole new spin on everything that you do. You see people's work differently. Some people also understand that they have a specific plan from God, that God's plan is not just putting more zero's behind the decimal point. Ed Young Fellowship also reminds us that God's plan is not just stacking up more paper crowns. It is doing the real deal.
One thing that I try to think about regularly in my own life is to mentally try and put red tags on every material thing that I own or that I see. I say to myself that those tags read €perishable.€ Because the Bible says that one day everything will go up in smoke.