Crown Him
16 February 2007
I once went to a Church Service when (due to various permutations of repetition) after 40 minutes we were only just starting the third song. If we’d been singing the hymn I want us to think about today then in all honesty we’d probably still be there!
Crown him with many Crowns has nine verses. (In most churches if it's sung we almost always miss a few out). Amongst other things the hymn exhorts us to crown him the virgins son, God incarnate born; crown him the son of God before the worlds began; crown him the Lord of life who triumphed over the grave; crown him the Lord of peace; crown him the Lord of love, crown him the Lord of heaven and crown him the Lord of Lords.
Why not pause and add your own praise – what would you crown Jesus?
The hymn reaches a crescendo in the final verse that leaves me jaw dropped at God’s great vastness.
Crown Him the Lord of years, the Potentate of time,
Creator of the rolling spheres, ineffably sublime.
All hail, Redeemer, hail! For Thou has died for me;
Thy praise and glory shall not fail throughout eternity.
We perhaps express it more simply these days: he’s got the whole world in his hands…
But take this in if you can. The God who made the planets, through whom all things hold together, the creator of time yet the one who exists beyond it, died for you.
His praise and glory shall never fail: After all if that's what he's like, how can we respond but in praise and adoration?
Today (and allow this verse to help you) remind yourself of who God is, who you are and who you are in him. Keeping these things in perspective wont equip you for 40 minutes of intense praise but help you live a life of worship.
David Brown
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