Verse 1
I have left the land of pleasure, heading for the land of treasure (Matt. 6:20-21, Luke 12:33)
Looking only at the pearl that I have found (Matt. 13:45-46, Phil. 3:7-8)
I have left that life behind me; there is nothing to remind me (Heb. 11:15-16, Matt. 19:21, Luke 14:33, Phil. 3:7-8, Phil. 3:13-14)
There is nothing that would make me turn around (Luke 9:62)
Chorus
I’m content to be a stranger in this land of sin and danger (Heb. 11:13, I Pet. 2:11)
I’m content to seek to follow His command
I’m content to run with patience and ignore the world’s temptations (Heb. 12:1, I John 2:16, I Cor. 9:24)
I’m content to be a pilgrim in this land (Heb. 11:13, I Pet. 2:11)
Verse 2
Bills and taxes and inflation, war and strife in every nation (Matt. 24:6-7, Mark 13:8, Luke 21:11)
And temptations that our fathers never knew
Though His mercy makes me strong here, surely I do not belong here (Heb. 11:13, John 17:16, I Pet. 2:11, Phil. 3:20, Heb. 13:14)
I remember I am only passing through (Heb. 11:13, I Pet. 2:11, I Chron. 29:15, II Cor. 5:1)
Repeat chorus 2X