Give Me Your Eyes

Have you ever stood in a courtroom and found yourself convicted of a crime? It’s an awful feeling when the judge brings the gavel down *BANG* and declares “GUILTY.” Perhaps the closest you’ve come to being convicted is watching a police or courtroom drama on television. Many civil cases involve contract law… where the convicted party failed to live up to a contractual agreement.

Often we Christians think of sin as something to forgive in others. We get so focused on the sliver in our neighbor’s eye, we see right past the log in our own eye. Sin is, by definition, ‘missing the mark.’ When we miss the mark, and when we recognize (and admit) that we missed the mark, we stand convicted!

I’m surprised how often the poetry, rhythms, and artistry of Christian singers and songwriters I hear on the radio will convict me! I heard Brandon Heath performing ‘Give Me Your Eyes’ which he had written with Jason David Ingram, and did it ever convict me!

Yes, it’s through God’s grace that we are saved, but we know when we fall short. When we recognize it… when we admit it… we feel convicted. If we are walking with Jesus, he picks us up, dusts the sin off of us, and invites us to continue our journey forward... a little wiser, perhaps a little better, and hopefully a lot closer to God.

Here is a powerful video of the song. If you are reading this on your Facebook page, you can’t see the video. Maybe if you complain to Facebook, that will change, but for now, you’ll have to follow the link to see it. Happily, the lyrics CAN be included.

Give Me Your Eyes

by Brandon Heath and Jason David Ingram

Looked down from a broken sky
Traced out by the city lights
My world from a mile high
Best seat in the house tonight
Touched down on the cold black tar
Hold on for the sudden stop
Breathe in the familiar shock
Of confusion and chaos
All those people going somewhere
Why have I never cared?

Give me Your eyes for just one second
Give me Your eyes so I can see
Everything that I keep missing
Give me Your love for humanity
Give me Your arms for the broken hearted
The ones that are far beyond my reach?
Give me Your heart for the one's forgotten
Give me Your eyes so I can see
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Step out on a busy street
See a girl and our eyes meet
Does her best to smile at me
To hide what's underneath
There's a man just to her right
Black suit and a bright red tie
Too ashamed to tell his wife
He's out of work, he's buying time
All those people going somewhere
Why have I never cared?

Give me Your eyes for just one second
Give me Your eyes so I can see
Everything that I keep missing
Give me Your love for humanity
Give me Your arms for the broken hearted
The ones that are far beyond my reach?
Give me Your heart for the one's forgotten
Give me Your eyes so I can see
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

I've been there a million times
A couple of million eyes just moving past me by
I swear I never thought that I was wrong
Well, I want a second glance
So give me a second chance
To see the way You see the people all alone

Give me Your eyes for just one second
Give me Your eyes so I can see
Everything that I keep missing
Give me Your love for humanity
Give me Your arms for the broken hearted
The ones that are far beyond my reach?
Give me Your heart for the one's forgotten
Give me Your eyes so I can see

Give me Your eyes for just one second
Give me Your eyes so I can see
Everything that I keep missing
That I keep missing
Give me Your arms for the broken hearted
The ones that are far beyond my reach?
Give me Your heart for the ones forgotten
Give me Your eyes so I can see
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

How are you convicted? What have you never cared about? What can you not see? What do you keep missing? What is just beyond your reach? What would be different if… you could see through the eyes of Jesus?

Convicted, I sing the song as a prayer!

Your brother in Christ,

Dave