Jon Foreman is talking about the Christian life in a secular world. The Bible says in Romans 12:2 "Do not conform to the pattern of this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind."
I love the wording that Foreman uses. For example, "Storms on the wasteland, Dark clouds on the plains again, We were born into the fight." Here, the song is talking about how every person on earth is born into a continual fight between good and evil (God and Satan who is trying to bring as many people with him to destruction).
In the following lines, "This skin and bones is a rental, And no one makes it out alive" Foreman refers to how the bodies that we are living in aren't ours. They were given to us by God to glorify him. But when humanity fell into sin, death became a part of life and so now all people only live for a short period of time on earth before spending eternity in heaven or hell.
"And when I reach the other side, I want to look you in the eye, And know that I've arrived, In a world where I belong" talks about how Foreman wants finish race of the Christian life strong, to be told "Well Done my good and faithful servant" by the Father and spend eternity in heaven in "the world where I belong."
People were made to have fellowship with God and when we fell into sin, that relationship was broken. Ever since, humanity has tried to fill the void in our hearts with things of this world, but nothing will since they are only "things of this world."
Foreman ends the song with saying how he wants to be "together" with God "forever" in heaven.
Jon Foreman is talking about the Christian life in a secular world. The Bible says in Romans 12:2 "Do not conform to the pattern of this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind."
I love the wording that Foreman uses. For example, "Storms on the wasteland, Dark clouds on the plains again, We were born into the fight." Here, the song is talking about how every person on earth is born into a continual fight between good and evil (God and Satan who is trying to bring as many people with him to destruction).
In the following lines, "This skin and bones is a rental, And no one makes it out alive" Foreman refers to how the bodies that we are living in aren't ours. They were given to us by God to glorify him. But when humanity fell into sin, death became a part of life and so now all people only live for a short period of time on earth before spending eternity in heaven or hell.
"And when I reach the other side, I want to look you in the eye, And know that I've arrived, In a world where I belong" talks about how Foreman wants finish race of the Christian life strong, to be told "Well Done my good and faithful servant" by the Father and spend eternity in heaven in "the world where I belong."
People were made to have fellowship with God and when we fell into sin, that relationship was broken. Ever since, humanity has tried to fill the void in our hearts with things of this world, but nothing will since they are only "things of this world."
Foreman ends the song with saying how he wants to be "together" with God "forever" in heaven.