It is the Grace of God that Works in Us

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1Cor. 15:10 “But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them–yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.”

Our daily bread gives the following illustration for this:

“Once during her reign, England’s Queen Victoria listened to a chaplain preach a sermon about the second coming of Christ. Those near the royal box noticed that the queen’s eyes were filled with tears. When the service ended, she asked to see the chaplain alone. Seeing her great emotion, he asked why she was so moved. She replied, “Because of what you said about the coming again of the world’s rightful King, I wish still to be here when He returns that I might lay my crown at His blessed feet!”

It is great that the Queen was moved and recognized Jesus as the true King. But how much greater will it be when believers throw their crowns before Him? We get our crowns as a reward for our hardships, toil and service to the true King. And yet, as we cast them before the Lord Jesus, we acknowledge that everything comes from Him and He alone is worthy of praise. We realize that our work, which was rewarded, was actually His work through us. Thus He gets the final honor as He should.