Gaither Vocal Band - We'll Understand it Better By and By Lyrics

"We'll Understand it Better By and By" locates full understanding in the future rather than claiming it in the present, repeating that eventual clarity as its central promise throughout. The chorus pictures a specific future scene, morning arriving and the saints gathered home, where a shared story of having overcome will finally be told rather than only endured privately. The first verse names present confusion honestly, describing trials on every side and an inability to grasp all the ways God is leading toward a promised destination, while still committing to follow because of trust in guidance rather than visibility of the path. A second verse names a different kind of difficulty, hidden temptations and unintentional wrongs that wound the heart, admitting genuine puzzlement over why hardship comes even to someone trying their best. Structurally the hymn alternates between naming specific, unresolved confusion and returning to the same repeated promise, letting deferred understanding function as comfort rather than an unsatisfying answer.