Lift up your eyes
Lift Up Your Eyes
Lift up your eyes, my friend,
Lift up your eyes,
There’s a road beyond the road you’re on,
Lift up your eyes.
When the night is long and cold,
Lift up your eyes,
There’s a light beyond the lantern’s glow,
Lift up your eyes.
For the river finds the sea,
And the eagle finds the wind,
And the stars keep their courses
Without asking where they’ve been.
Lift up your eyes, my friend,
Lift up your eyes,
There’s a world beyond the walls we’ve built,
Lift up your eyes.
We were never made for fear,
We were never made for chains,
We were never made to carry
Every sorrow, every pain.
For the fields receive the rain,
And the mountains greet the dawn,
And the Father keeps His children
Long after hope seems gone.
Lift up your eyes, my friend,
Lift up your eyes,
There’s a hand that holds the universe,
Lift up your eyes.
There is One who has all power,
There is One who knows your name,
There is One who lights the heavens
And the smallest candle flame.
So let go the weight of yesterday,
Let tomorrow tend its own,
For the One who made the sparrow
Has not left His children lone.
Lift up your eyes, my friend,
Lift up your eyes,
There’s a world beyond the world we see,
Lift up your eyes.
Beyond the fear,
Beyond the pride,
Beyond the prison of the self inside,
Beyond the doubt,
Beyond the cry,
Beyond the clouds that hide the sky.
Lift up your eyes, my friend,
Lift up your eyes,
There’s a fourth dimension waiting there,
Lift up your eyes.
For the road was never just the road,
And the gate was never just the gate,
And the steps were never just the steps,
But an opening into grace.
So carry this good news gently,
Carry it far and wide,
Tell it in the halls of plenty,
Tell it where the lost ones hide.
Tell it in the church basement,
Tell it on the mountain high,
Tell it to the weary traveler:
“Brother, lift your eyes.”
Lift up your eyes, my friend,
Lift up your eyes,
There’s a home beyond all wandering,
Lift up your eyes.
And the Father waits with open arms,
Beneath eternal skies.
Lift up your eyes.
Lift up your eyes.
