In Your Eyes

I was listening to my music library while working today and heard one of my favorite songs, “In Your Eyes” by Peter Gabriel, begin to play. But the version I have is from a group of guys who attended the University of Texas at Austin. I’d known two of the members (brothers) back in my youth. Anyway, they created a Big Beat A-Capella group called Schrodinger’s Cat and even released an album back in the 90′s that included their version of “In Your Eyes”.

Long story short, one of the lyrics from the song includes the phrase:

(In your eyes)
I see the doorway to a thousand churches
(In your eyes)
the resolution of all the fruitless searches

I was reminded of all the churches that open their doors for people in the name of religion instead of welcoming them to the ultimate relationship: Jesus. Church buildings are fine; but the Church is the Bride of Christ. The Church is people following Jesus.

People are looking at you and me. They’re seeing you in all of your humanity, broken like they are, but do they also see the hope and The Light in your eyes? I hope they do.

Go ahead and listen to this amazing A-Capella version of this timeless song. Just click play below.

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God In Our Circumstances

Today I’m taking one quote from pastor Alan Smith of my church (Gateway Church, Southlake, TX) and giving my thoughts on how it impacted me. I then recommend you go and read his entire post – it’s only four paragraphs, but wow are they incredible! Without further ado, here’s what Alan wrote that hit me dead center:

“God knows that changing my circumstances will not change me and his objective is the transformation of my heart and mind. Though he cares about my circumstances, he’s aware that the strategic target of his powerful voice needs to be internal, not external. If his desire is to transform me so that I can become the person I was created and redeemed to be (thank you Bob Hamp), and if transforming my circumstances will not accomplish that goal (which it won’t), then it only makes sense that God is primarily interested in talking to me about the stuff on the inside of me, more than the stuff on the outside of me.” – Alan Smith

Holy smack! That’s good stuff!

I’ve been talking to Father and doing a lot of listening to understand my circumstances. It’s not that God isn’t interested in answering me, but rather that he knows what needs to change is inside me, not around me. I just can’t tell you how impactful that message was to me.

Go and read the entire post over on his blog, “Changing My Mind”. I know Alan personally and can tell you this guy is the real-deal and truly loves the Lord. Thank you, Alan!

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