Read Psalm 102:18-22. 18Let this be recorded for a generation to come, so that a people yet to be created may praise the Lord: 19that he looked down from his holy height; from heaven the Lord looked at the earth, 20to hear the groans of the prisoners, to set free those who were doomed to die, 21that they may declare in Zion the name of the Lord, and in Jerusalem his praise, 22when peoples gather together, and kingdoms, to worship the Lord.
This is the part of the psalm that sums up the entire redemptive plan of God found throughout the entire Bible. God looks down from Heaven, he hears the groans of us prisoners, those doomed to die, and he sets us free to gather together and praise his name.
The psalmist is thinking about the Exodus from slavery in Egypt. In Christ we are thinking about our exodus from sin and the grave made possible by Christ’s rescuing life and death for us. Even before creation, this was God’s plan, the giving of the incarnate God-man to rescue his fallen creation. The gathering of a people to worship his name. This is what we are graciously set apart for – declaring the name of the Lord.
Is this how you see your life? Is your small story part of God’s huge story? Of course it is. But the question is how often are we living as though we are a player in the great divine drama? Or are we trying to write our own script?
God has done his part. He has heard us, rescued us, re-created us as his own. Now, are we doing our part? Are we declaring his name and worshiping him with the gathered people of God? Are we telling the next generation the greatest story ever told? Inviting them to be a part of the divine drama of grace and love through Jesus?
To live is Christ is to live within a story much bigger than yours alone. And it is to invite the next generation to join you in Christ’s eternal drama of rescue and relationship.
You: Do you see your as life as part of God’s much bigger story?
You in Christ: How does our union with Christ allow us to see the bigger picture of redemptive history in our own unfolding life?
Christ in you: How might today be different if you saw your small story as part of Christ’s big story?
Pray: Father, I confess that I often try to write my own script. Let me see my small life as significant only as it is absorbed into your story. Help me tell the next generation too, of this greatest story ever told. Amen.
To Live is Christ 