“As he is, so are we also in this world.” You must take the manger, or you shall never
take the throne; you must have the cross, or you shall never wear the crown; you
must be despised and rejected, or you shall never be accepted and crowned; you must
wade through the mire, or you shall never walk the golden pavement" C.H.S.
Christ exists seamlessly in two realms. The realm of heaven and the realm of our heart. As he is both, so are we. We have one foot in heavens door and the rest of us is here on earth.
I struggle with what Spurgeon is meaning when he asks us to take the manger. Is that a return to our youth? Is that to inflect ours innocence outwardly?
The second line is telling. Too many believers want to wear the crown on earth. The crown on earth is not the same crown as the one that exists in Heaven. The crown on earth wraps the heads of men in worldly things, while the cross bears the knocks and holes that estimate our earthly selves in the eyes of God.
There is no golden pavement on this side of the sky, nay, our reward is divine, when we mark our communion with saints only then will the earth shine, for now, we will dredge the more and win souls for the completion of eternity.
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