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Kingdom Things

By Matthew West

791 views Sep 23, 2026 updated My Story Your Glory album Verified editorial review

Song Meaning

Matthew West anchors his faith in a specific physical object in "Kingdom Things" — "the world turns and the battle rages, I look around and I find my faith is anchored down in the King James pages, and it's not leaving." The image is concrete — pages, not an abstract belief system.

"Heavy is the load I'm hauling, tall are the walls not falling, but still is the voice that's calling, look up and see 'em" keeps the difficulty and the response in the same breath rather than resolving one before naming the other. "I read the words in black and red and try to live this life I'm living on Earth as it is in Heaven" quotes the Lord's Prayer directly as the actual standard being aimed at.

"This world is not my home, and never will be, and nothing here I own will fulfill me" closes the bridge by naming the specific belief that reorders everything else in the song — not that the world doesn't matter, but that it was never going to be enough on its own.

Lyrics Verified by Editorial Team

The world turns and the battle rages
I look around and I find my faith is
Anchored down in the King James pages
And it's not leaving
Heavy is the load I'm hauling
Tall are the walls not falling
But still is the voice that's calling
Look up and see 'em

 Chorus:
Kingdom things
I lift my eyes and rest my mind
On kingdom things
Nothing on this earth could ever steal the sting
This world brings
Like kingdom things

Verse 2:
I read the words in black and red and
Try to live this life I'm living
On Earth as it is in Heaven
Oh, but it's not easy
The enemy gets me surrounded
Gravity keeps my hope grounded
But not for long 'cause You reach down
And You hold me just like You hold all Your

Chorus:
Kingdom things
I lift my eyes and rest my mind
On kingdom things
Nothing on this earth could ever steal the sting
This world brings
Like kingdom things
Where crowns and grace and praise replace the suffering
And the pain is gone and the joy's beyond imagining
And You redeem
All Your kingdom things
(Thank You, Jesus)

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 Post-Chorus:
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Oh-ohh, oh-ohh
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Oh-ohh, oh-ohh

Bridge:
I am reminded in my trials
This world is not my home
And never will be
And I am reminded in my trials
That nothing here I own will fulfill me

Chorus:
Like kingdom things
I lift my eyes and rest my mind
On kingdom things
Nothing on this earth could ever steal the sting
This world brings
Like kingdom things
Where crowns and grace and praise replace the suffering
And the pain is gone and the joy's beyond imagining
And You redeem
All Your kingdom things

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