Live as a Kingdom Kid
We’ve already looked at Christ’s crucifixion, written prophetically, in the first part of Psalm 22. The chapter moves to His Millennial reign. Without that understanding, I think the remaining verses of Psalm 22 would be head-scratching. Read it here with a view that it’s talking about the 1,000-year reign of Christ, which is yet to happen.
Psa 22:26-31 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever. (27) All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. (28) For the kingdom is the LORD'S: and he is the governor among the nations. (29) All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul. (30) A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation. (31) They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.
It’s easy to see that verses 26-28 talk about the millennial reign of Christ on earth as King of Kings and Lord of Lords. The meaning gets a little murky beginning with verse 29. But remember that one day every knee is going to bow before Him. There are three verses in the Bible that say that will happen. Even those who “go down to the dust” are going to bow before Him. It’s best to bow before Him now while the sun is still shining favorably upon us in this age of Grace, when we have the opportunity to respond to the gospel. The others who will bow before him are those who already accepted and serve and proclaim Christ and his finished work on the cross.
It’s passages like this that help us see the bigger plan. This life isn’t about us making it from one day to the next in a state of coveted bliss. All of eternity, including this very day, is about the Kingdom of God. If we’re part of that kingdom, let’s live like it. What would a Kingdom kid do today? Are there any eternally significant things that could be done today?