Sovereign Grace Music - Turn Your Eyes Lyrics
Lyrics
VERSE 1
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
VERSE 2
Turn your eyes to the hillside
Where justice and mercy embraced
There the Son of God gave His life for us
And our measureless debt was erased
CHORUS
Jesus, to You we lift our eyes
Jesus, our glory and our prize
We adore You, behold You, our Savior ever true
Oh Jesus, we turn our eyes to You
VERSE 3
Turn your eyes to the morning
And see Christ the Lion awake
What a glorious dawn, fear of death is gone
For we carry His life in our veins
VERSE 4
Turn your eyes to the heavens
Our King will return for His own
Every knee will bow, every tongue will shout,
‘All glory to Jesus alone!’
Video
Turn Your Eyes • The Glorious Christ Live
Meaning & Inspiration
I keep thinking about that line where it talks about the hillside where justice and mercy embraced. It hits me because that’s exactly what the cross was, right? It’s not just some abstract idea of love. God couldn't just brush sin under the rug because He’s just, so there had to be a payment, and that’s where the mercy comes in—He pays it Himself. It reminds me of how Paul writes about God putting Jesus forward as a propitiation. It feels honest to the weight of the cross, not just the "nice" parts of the story.
Then there’s this bit about the things of earth growing strangely dim. It sounds poetic, maybe even a bit cliché at first glance, but when I actually stop and look at my own life, it’s a hard pill to swallow. Do things really look dim to me? Or am I just as distracted as ever? Hebrews talks about fixing our eyes on Jesus as the author and perfecter of our faith, and this song pushes that same tension. It’s like, if I’m really looking at Him—seeing Him as the Lion who woke up and broke the back of death—then why do I still get so caught up in everything else?
The song mentions carrying His life in our veins, which is heavy. It’s a bold claim, maybe even a little confusing if you don't think about what it means to be united with Him. It brings me back to that passage where Paul says he’s been crucified with Christ and it’s no longer him living, but Christ living in him. But it leaves me wondering, if I’m honest, do I live like that? The song makes it sound so certain, like the turning of the eyes is all it takes to shift the whole perspective, and I guess I’m still figuring out if it’s really that simple or if it’s a fight I have to wake up and start every single morning.