the Third Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
John Gossner's Treasury
But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom forever, even for ever and ever. Daniel 7:18; Revelation 2:10
The saints who consecrate themselves wholly to the Lord, who have put on Christ, God’s salvation and God’s righteousness, who walk in Him, and are preserved blameless unto His day, shall receive His kingdom and possess it for ever. Those who together with Paul fight the good fight, finish the course, and keep the faith, shall receive a glorious kingdom and a beautiful crown, the crown of righteousness, which the hand of the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give them (2 Timothy 4:7-8). O thou beautiful crown! O thou glorious kingdom! He who never lost sight of thee, to him would none of the sufferings of this present time be so hard that he would not gladly bear them, to him would no joy, no honor, no wealth in this world, be so attractive that he would not gladly renounce it. To him the way unto thee would not be too steep, too rough, too hard. On the wings of love and longing he would soar above all things; he would have his heart where thou, thou beautiful crown, thou glorious kingdom, art. He would forget that which is here below and only think of that which beckons to him from the other side. Beloved, let us not forget that which awaits us with the Lord. ’ It is great; it is beautiful; it is glorious. Compared with that, all that we do and suffer is not worth mentioning. Let us do still more; suffer still more. It is all, taken together, nothing compared with the crown.
What though the tempests rage?
Heaven is my home;
Short is my pilgrimage.
Heaven is my home.
And Time’s wild wintry blast
Soon shall be overpast,
I shall reach home at last;
Heaven is my home.
