At Last!
by Mike Roane, May 2017
The first recorded words of the first man, Adam, were — "At last!" These two words (only six letters in total!) show the power of God's word.
Can you take a mere two words from God and make it resonate throughout the entire culture and beyond? Why, yes, you can! Etta James took the lyrics, probably with much the same emotional expression as Adam, and made an international hit out two words. I doubt very many realized she was putting scripture to song. She thought she was in heaven but, it turns out it was actually Eden.
While the whole idea here plays out in the secular arena, it causes me to praise God for His amazing power and ability to have that kind of effect on our world, in a way that people may not even realize — unless they have ears to hear. After all, doesn't he say, "So that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. — Matthew 5:45
Think about the power of God! Dunamis, the Greek word for "power," is the same word from which we derive the word dynamite! That He can take two words, send them through the airwaves and touch the hearts of people around the world with a universal message about the longing to be loved — Wow! That is powerful! That is dynamite! What can He not do?
In case you are not familiar with the song which came out in 1960 (Whew! where has the time gone!), here are the lyrics:
by Harry Warren and Mack Gordon
At last my love has come along
My lonely days are over and life is like a song,
oh yeah At last the skies above are blue
My heart was wrapped up clover the night I looked at you
My heart was wrapped up clover the night I looked at you
You smiled, you smiled oh and then the spell was cast
And here we are in Heaven for you are mine at last
I found a dream that I could speak to
A dream that I can call my own
I found a thrill to press my cheek to
A thrill I've never known, oh yeah
And here is the link to the song if you have never heard it:
• This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman because she was taken out of Man. — Genesis 2:23
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