Finally

        Getting a lot of play in my iPod these days is "Finally", by reformed rapper Tedashii and CCM acoustic duo Shane and Shane.  I was intrigued by the combination of these two artists from such radically different genres.  I like them both.  And I love this song that packs 2 Corinthians 4,  into an enjoyable 3 minutes and 42 seconds.   It speaks to the fact that all who are alive in Christ in this troublesome and short life on earth, will one day "finally" see the One who suffered to the point of death for the forgiveness of our sins.  We will "finally" be home.   (I've printed the lyrics below the video/song.)

"We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed....For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen.  For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal."

2 Corinthians 4:8-9, 17-18 

This momentary trouble is a lot to own but I'm not alone, I'm not alone
I'm moving to a city where the pain is gone, oh, I'll be home (home)
[x2]

You can catch me with my hands up, hey this my stance now
Firm like a group of lawyers, this is worship hands down
I let them tears fall,  cryin' out for hope

Christ in my line of sight like a scope (my aim)
'Cause the pain's risin', but I keep smilin'
This life just can't compare to paradise, it's like an island
No fear, no shame in me
I wanna give up sometimes but it's plain to see

Lord you always have a plan for life; no backup
Close 'cause I stand with Christ
So I live with the end in mind, 

call it retirement
Heaven's will lived on Earth--what I'm desirin'

This momentary trouble is a lot to own but I'm not alone, I'm not alone
I'm moving to a city where the pain is gone, oh, I'll be home (home)
[x2]
Home... Finally, I can see You, ohhh
Finally, I can see You

I heard 'em sayin' hang on, people will tell ya stay strong
Encouragement is cool dependin' what it's based on
People grippin empty wishes, hopin' for something different
No faith, no escape, who can I run to?
When this world is a graveyard
Here today, gone today, with no hope for tomorrow

But it's different for the children of God
We hold to every promise even when it gets hard
Now can't compare to later, when we will see the Savior
Until we get to Heaven, I pray that He sustains us
Empty aim, unless it's in His name
And even when I pass away my remains, remain

This momentary trouble is a lot to own but I'm not alone, I'm not alone
I'm moving to a city where the pain is gone, oh, I'll be home (home)
[x2]

Even if we held down, hang on to your happiness
Hopin' in His holiness and the fact He's compassionate
Eternal in perspective (huh) even in the rough times
Only for a moment (ahh) they could never shut us down
My pain is not pleasure, my grief is not joy
But both of them are in the fact that I'll see the LORD

And so will everyone, born of blood and water
Salvation's coming so keep hoping in the Father

This momentary trouble is a lot to own but I'm not alone, I'm not alone
I'm moving to a city where the pain is gone, ohh, I'll be home (home)
[x2]

Home... Finally, I can see You, ohhhh
Finally, I can see You, ohhh [x5]