A New Realisation…
Turn your eyes upon Jesus
Look full in His wonderful face
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim
In the light of His glory and grace
I have always seen this song as one of encouragement. To me, this song had always been about turning one’s eyes to Jesus when life is hard. Gazing upon His wonderful face in times of trouble, His glory and grace making those hardships dim.
But today I just realised, that it can also mean so much more than that. It is also a call to turn and focus our eyes on Him, even when things are going well. He should be our life’s focus. So many times we get distracted with all sorts of stuff. Things like work, tasks at hand, the endless quest for more stuff, popularity, romantic relationships, and all the other things that keep us too busy to focus on Him. They all just seem so important, significant and urgent. But when we do fix our eyes on Jesus, all these things no longer seem so important or significant anymore. As the song says, the things of earth will grow strangely dim.
When we are once again at awe with our Saviour, nothing else seems as important. It’s like falling in love all over again. When people are truly, madly, deeply in love, everything else seems to take second importance. The lover comes first. And likewise, our relationship with God should be like that. Fixing our focus on Him, wanting what He wants in our life, in our world. He comes first, above all else, above the things of earth. He is, the center of not just the universe, but our own personal world, our lives. Will we make that decision to make Him the center of our lives, our world?
Oh Christ be the center of our lives
Be the place we fix our eyes
Be the center of our lives
You’re the center of the universe
Everything was made in You Jesus
Breath of every living thing
Everyone was made for You
You hold everything together
You hold everything together
Oh Christ be the center of our lives
Be the place we fix our eyes
Be the center of our lives
Oh Christ be the center of our lives
Be the place we fix our eyes
Be the center of our lives
You’re the center of the universe
Everything was made in You Jesus
Breath of every living thing
Everyone was made for You
You hold everything together
You hold everything together
You hold everything together
You hold everything together
Oh Christ be the center of our lives
Be the place we fix our eyes
Be the center of our lives
We lift our eyes to heaven
We wrap our lives around your life
We lift our eyes to heaven, to You
We lift our eyes to heaven
We wrap our lives around your life
We lift our eyes to heaven, to You
Oh Christ be the center of our lives
Be the place we fix our eyes
Be the center of our lives
Center of our lives
We lift our eyes to heaven
We wrap our lives around your life
We lift our eyes to heaven, to You
We lift our eyes to heaven
We wrap our lives around your life
We lift our eyes to heaven, to You
Turn your eyes upon Jesus
Look full in His wonderful face
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim
In the light of His glory and grace
P.S. It was a "Woah..." moment for me when I listened to the video above. I was just looking for the song Center by Charlie Hall on YouTube when I came upon this one. Let it load, then listen. And low and behold, at the end they have that song passage I was writing about. Totally unplanned and unaware. God is amazing. =)
