Recently, this song was sung by a dear Christian lady who had lost just about all mental abilities to recall anyone’s name, and yet remembered this song the night before she went to be with JESUS.

“This world is not my home I’m just-a-passing through My treasures are laid up somewhere beyond the blue The angels beckon me from Heaven’s open door And I can’t feel at home in this world anymore”

“Oh Lord you know I have no friend like you If Heaven’s not my home oh Lord what would I do The angels beckon me from Heaven’s open door And I can’t feel at home in this world anymore.”

I love that phrase: “Oh Lord, you know, I have no friend like you; If Heaven’s not my home, oh Lord what would I do.”

One of the wisest men who ever lived named Solomon said, “A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother” (Prov. 18:24).

Indeed, JESUS has been the BEST FRIEND that anyone could ever have! Can I get a Witness?

Why? Because He will be with you and carry you through the GOOD TIMES, BAD TIMES, on the MOUNTAIN, and in the VALLEY!

Get this:

And all God’s people said… AMEN!!

According to Hymnology Archive:

“A few years after the Carters recorded their version, Albert Brumley (1905–1977)—better known as the composer of “I’ll Fly Away”—was working as a staff composer/arranger for the Stamps-Baxter Company. His arrangement of “This world is not my home” appeared in Virgil O. Stamps’ Radio Song Album (Dallas: Stamps-Baxter, 1937). The collection was registered for copyright on 1 September 1937 (renewed 1 September 1964), and thus is valid until 2033 (Stamps-Baxter was bought by Zondervan in 1974).”

Finally, it won’t be long before we reach the “throne”! And each passing day, we get closer to that ultimate experience. So right now, LIVE for JESUS, LOVE JESUS, LONG for JESUS, and LOOK for JESUS!