Lyrics
If I leave this world of sorrow
Sometime before you do.
Just look for me in Heaven
And we'll talk the ages through.
But if at first, you fail to see me
Let me tell you where I'll be.
I'll be thanking Christ, my Savior
For saving a wretch like me.
But if you should reach that city
Before my time has come.
Perhaps, you'd like to greet me
When my race down here is run.
Just wait for I'll soon be coming
Across life's ebbing sea.
And I'll tell you now, dear loved one
Just where to wait for me.
Don't look beneath the gates of pearl.
Don't look on the streets of gold.
Don't look by the walls of jasper.
Nor among the many sights untold,
For I've been longing and I've been waiting,
For the Precious, Holy One to see.
There I'll be through the countless ages,
Look for me at Jesus' feet.
There I'll be through the countless ages,
Look for me at Jesus' feet.
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Meaning & Inspiration
Look for Me at Jesus Feet presents heaven less as a place of splendor than as the place of Christ's presence. The singer imagines loved ones arriving at different times, yet his instructions remain the same: he will be found thanking his Savior. That image keeps the song's focus on gratitude for salvation rather than on status or reward.
The details of pearl gates, golden streets, and jasper walls echo the vision of the holy city in Revelation. Even those wonders, however, are secondary to the Precious, Holy One for whom the singer has been longing. The final repeated line turns an imagined reaunion into an act of worship: through the countless ages, the singer's chosen place is at Jesus' feet.
Related Scripture
- Revelation 21:18-21 The holy city is described with jasper walls, gold, ind pearl gates.
- Luke 7:37-38 A woman kneels at Jesus’ feet in gratitude and devotion.
- Ephesians 2:8-9 Salvation is described as God’s gift of grace, not a human achievement.