An idol is a doll of the eyes.
It sits where the light should be,
a small thing you dress in a large thing,
until you cannot see.
It sits where the light should be,
a small thing you dress in a large thing,
until you cannot see.
It does not shout. It does not force.
It only asks you look,
and looking long, the eye grows dull,
and dull is how you're took.
It only asks you look,
and looking long, the eye grows dull,
and dull is how you're took.
"They have eyes, but they see not,"
the Psalmist sang of stone,
"they that make them are like unto them."
We become what we enthrone.
the Psalmist sang of stone,
"they that make them are like unto them."
We become what we enthrone.
Now hear me. I am not against the world.
I build in it. I trade.
I code, I earn, I pay my bills,
I use what God has made.
I build in it. I trade.
I code, I earn, I pay my bills,
I use what God has made.
Paul said to use this world
"as not abusing it."
The trouble was never the thing in the hand.
The trouble is where it sits.
"as not abusing it."
The trouble was never the thing in the hand.
The trouble is where it sits.
A thing in the hand is a tool.
A thing in the eye is a god.
And the difference between the two
is never found in the thing, but the nod.
A thing in the eye is a god.
And the difference between the two
is never found in the thing, but the nod.
The nod of the head that bows.
The nod of the heart that says
"without you I am nothing,"
to something that will not stay.
The nod of the heart that says
"without you I am nothing,"
to something that will not stay.
Money is a servant with a good resume
and a terrible appetite.
Give it a desk and it works.
Give it your eyes and it blinds your sight.
and a terrible appetite.
Give it a desk and it works.
Give it your eyes and it blinds your sight.
So how do you use and not worship?
How do you hold and not kneel?
The answer is older than every market
and quieter than any deal.
How do you hold and not kneel?
The answer is older than every market
and quieter than any deal.
Build your house with high doors
and meekness cannot come in.
Pride needs the ceiling raised.
Glory needs room to begin.
and meekness cannot come in.
Pride needs the ceiling raised.
Glory needs room to begin.
But the new and living way
was never through a high door.
It was through a torn veil,
and the only way through is low.
was never through a high door.
It was through a torn veil,
and the only way through is low.
Low is where the water runs.
Low is where the seed is sown.
Low is where the Master knelt
to wash the feet of His own.
Low is where the seed is sown.
Low is where the Master knelt
to wash the feet of His own.
The eye that is dull from gazing
must be anointed to see,
and He still sells eyesalve to the poor
who have nothing but need.
must be anointed to see,
and He still sells eyesalve to the poor
who have nothing but need.
So I keep my purple in my hands,
never in my eyes.
I let the earth serve the heaven,
not heaven serve the lies.
never in my eyes.
I let the earth serve the heaven,
not heaven serve the lies.
The idol asks: look at me.
The Lord says: look through.
One makes the eye a doll's eye.
The other makes it new.
The Lord says: look through.
One makes the eye a doll's eye.
The other makes it new.
Hold what you hold loosely.
Stand where you stand low.
The high door keeps out meekness.
The low line lets glory through.
Stand where you stand low.
The high door keeps out meekness.
The low line lets glory through.
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The high door keeps out meekness
The idols always want to you let keep your gaze at it
The trade it does aren't the loudest yet impacted greatly before men
Eye doll never leaving until all attention is gotten
Eye dull is one great devastation it does to keep the sight blur
High door a contender of multiple door of the idol
Blessed his he who adore until salvation is verified to keep away all idol ,eye dull , eye doll and high door.
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