2 Tim. 3,4

At the end of this life, God has a crown awaiting us. The crown traditionally represents power, legitimacy, victory, triumph, honor, and glory, as well as immortality, righteousness, and resurrection. God assured Paul that he would be safely escorted to the after-life, after much suffering at the hand of persecutors.

We serve the Lord not because of what we can get from Him. We serve Him because we love Him and because He rescued us from our sin which would have eternally separated us from Him.

My great joy will be to see Him in His great splendor. There I will cast my crown at His feet and worship Him forever.