Through Heaven's Eyes

A single thread in a tapestry

Though its color brightly shine

Can never see its purpose

In the pattern of the grand design

And the stone that sits on the very top

Of the mountains mighty face

Does it think its more important than the stones that form the base?

So how how can you see what your life is worth

Or where your value lies?

You can never see through the eyes of man

You must look at your life

Look at your life through Heaven's eyes

A lake of gold in the desert sand

Is less than a cool fresh spring

And to one lost sheep, a shepherd boy

Is greater than the richest king

If a man lose ev'rything he owns

Has he truly lost his worth?

Or is it the beginning

Of a new and brighter birth?

So how do you measure the worth a a man

In wealth or strength or size?

In how much he gained or how much he gave?

The answer will come

The answer will come to him who tries

To look at his life through Heaven's eyes

And that's why we share all we have with you

Though there's little to be found

When all you've got is nothing

There's a lot to go around

No life can escape being blown about

By the winds of change and chance

And though you may never know all the steps

You must learn to join the dance

You must learn to join the dance

So how do you judge what a man is worth

By what he builds or buys?

You can never see with your eyes on earth

Look through Heaven's eyes

Look at your life

Look at your life

Look at your life through Heaven's eyes!

-Through Heaven's Eyes from The Prince of Egypt

How true! At the start of the year I resolved to read through the entire Bible, cover to cover. Unfortunately I've missed lots of days, thus I am only just now beginning Leviticus.

I really enjoyed reading through Exodus though. I've heard a lot of people say how now matter how many times you read through the Bible, God shows you something new each time.

And He does!

I've always loved the story of Moses. Its such a dramatic story; a people enslaved, a chosen leader who seemed like quite the unlikely saviour, their triumph through God's awesome and wondrous might, and it has the double merit of being absolutely true!

I got to thinking about how Moses was raised as an Egyptian; he probably loved Egypt, its lifestyle and its people. He called it his home.

Gleaming in the moonlight

Cool and clean and all I've ever known

All I ever wanted

Sweet perfumes of incense

Graceful rooms of alabaster stone

All I ever wanted

This is my home

With my father, mother, brother

Oh so noble, oh so strong

Now I am home

Here among my trappings and belongings

I belong

And if anybody doubts it

They couldn't be more wrong

I am a sovereign prince of Egypt

A son of the proud history that's shown

Etched on every wall

Surely this is all I ever wanted

All I ever wanted...

-All I Ever Wanted from The Prince of Egypt

Patriotism? Yet he left if all, ran from it, and eventually served as his Pharaoh's enemy on God's behalf. How much that must have hurt him. Really grieved him. I can understand that! If it were me in his shoes, I don't know if I could have done it. It hurts to see our country crumbling like it is, and to see that most people don't even care about what we've become! But I still love my country. Its mine. Its all I've ever known. Like it or not, the people of America are my people, they are your people!

(ahem, excuse the ranting there) Anyway, I was thinking about how love for your country can move you to save it, make a difference, etc...When you see somebody you love in danger, about to get hurt, you want to help them, snatch them back to safety. Patriotism should move me (and all of us who care about our country) to do something!

Yet in Moses's case, patriotism could only go so far. He had to completely let go. These were once his people whom he now called plague after plague upon.

Once I called you brother

Once I thought the chance

to make you laugh

Was all I ever wanted...

And even now I wish that God

had chose another

Serving as your foe on His behalf

Is the last thing that I wanted

This was my home!

All this pain and devastation

How it tortures me inside

All the innocent who suffer

From your stubbornness and pride!

-The Plagues

I can see a parallel in this story today.

Can you?

"For our citizenship is in Heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ..." Phil. 3:20

My loyalty is to Heaven first, American second, if you get me. America is my temporary home, and I will strive to do whatever I can to be a good steward of this land God had placed me in, but if it ever happened that I had to chose between serving God and serving my country, giving my loyalty to one or the other, God wins.

And just so you know, if you don't have Christ, you won't win.

So yeah, that's what my daily devo has been about.