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'm a gonna be.
I'll be thanking Christ, my Savior
For saving a wretch just like me.
But if you should reach that city
Before my time has come.
Just perhaps, you would like to greet me
When my race, my race down here is run.
Well you can wait for I'll soon be coming
Across life's ebbing sea.
And I'll tell you now, my brother
Just where you can wait for me.
Don't lwait 'neath the gates of pearl.
Don't wait on the streets of gold.
Don't wait 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.
And there I'll be through the countless ages,
Look for me at Jesus' feet.
For I've been longing and I've been waiting,
For the Precious, Holy One to see.
And 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 looks beyond death toward worship in the presence of Christ. The singer imagines reunion in heaven, yet the expected meeting place is neither a gate nor a street of gold. Attention rests instead on gratitude before the Savior who redeemed an undeserving person. That choice gives the song a humble center: the wonders of the heavenly city matter less than seeing Jesus and thanking him for salvation.
The picture of remaining at Jesus feet recalls the posture of attentive devotion seen in Luke 10:39, where Mary sits at the Lords feet. Revelation 22:3–4 also supports the songs final hope by describing the servants of God worshiping before his throne and seeing his face. References to a completed race, crossing the sea, and waiting through the ages place earthly separation within Christian hope of eternal life. The song therefore holds grief and expectation together. Its repeated closing lines emphasize that heaven is cherished chiefly because Christ is there, and redeemed worship continues in his presence.
Related Scripture
- Revelation 22:3-4 The passage depicts Gods servants worshiping before the throne and seeing his face.
- Luke 10:39 Marys place at Jesus feet reflects the songs image of attentive devotion to Christ.