If you can't carry the weight, hard keeping the faith for so long
If your caught up in a race, and you can’t find a place to call home
Deep in the valley you might find pain, lost and alone seeing no escape
So just hold on tight, the kingdom of heaven is near
When we finally get there, when we cross that Jordan shore
When we finally get there
When we all see Jesus, when death shall be no more
When we finally get there
If there's someone you love and they're on the other side
And your swept up in a flood from all of the tears you've cried
Even the valley of suffering is a vapor in light of eternity
So don’t you give up hope, the kingdom of heaven in near
We'll live forevermore, death shall be no more, glory to the Lord
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When We Finally Get There
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Sep 14, 2026 updated
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Song Meaning
Ryan Stevenson writes to people carrying weight most songs don't name directly — someone who "can't carry the weight, hard keeping the faith for so long," caught "in a race" with no place that feels like home. The verses stay specific about the kind of pain involved: valleys, floods of tears, someone loved who's "on the other side."
His answer isn't advice for managing the pain better — it's a destination named plainly: "when we finally get there, when we cross that Jordan shore... when we all see Jesus, when death shall be no more." Stevenson calls present suffering "a vapor in light of eternity," not because it isn't real, but because he's convinced it isn't permanent.
Joshua leads Israel across the Jordan into a promised land in Joshua 3, an image believers have long borrowed for crossing from this life into the next, and Revelation 21:4 promises a place where death itself "shall be no more." Stevenson's repeated title works like a countdown rather than a wish — not "if," but "when we finally get there."
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