Daily Devotion

 With Pastor Ancel Presnell

“YOUR GLORY AND JOY AWAITING”

We are looking forward to the Crown of Rejoicing in Heaven—the ultimate reward for sharing the good news. Honestly, this might be the greatest crown a saint of God can receive because it celebrates our obedience to the Great Commission and the saving power of God in human lives. Why do some people get happier than others when a lost person is saved? Because they have something invested in that person! They have prayed, they have shared Christ, and they have labored over that soul.

Imagine this: Paul speaks very clearly that the people he shared the Gospel with are his glory and his joy in the Crown of Rejoicing. That’s the reality waiting for us! Some of you here today will rejoice greatly in Heaven over others who are sitting beside you right now, all because you shared Christ with them or were influential in their salvation. I’m excited about seeing converts in Heaven who were touched by our ministry. I hope we see a bunch of waiters, store clerks, or gas pumpers who were saved because they picked up one of our Gospel tracts.

What a joy it will be to see and spend eternity with those God allowed you to win to Christ! Think about Sandy, a member of the church I pastor, she prayed for years and shared Christ with her daddy, and right before he passed—God saved him. Not only does she get to spend eternity with him, but she gets the deep, abiding joy of knowing she was the voice God used. Will you have this joy? Will you possess this Crown? This victor’s crown is reserved for those who win souls and pour the Gospel out. Can you imagine anything more awesome than receiving that crown and then getting to share Heaven with the very people who helped you earn it?

1 Thessalonians 2:19– “For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?”