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So don't go wastin' your time
Holding on to your life
There are treasures that I have possessed
Meant the world to me

But they never filled the emptiness
I needed something more than these
In the middle of my wilderness
God reached down to me
When I let go to His tenderness
I found this life was more than I ever dreamed

CHORUS

So don't go wastin' your time
Holding on to your life
Just lay it all on the line
Gotta make up your mind
There can be no more compromise
Just lay it all on the line

It's a matter of surrendering
Every hidden fear
And by letting go of everything
Jesus will meet you there


In the heart of every one of us
There's a call to faith
Even though we'll never measure up
That's why the Savior, that's why the Savior came

CHORUS

CHORUS

BRIDGE

Gone are the days of holding on
This is the time to surrender
Now is the moment you've got to let it go
Just let it go (repeat)

Don't go wastin' your time
Gotta make up your mind
There can be no more compromise
Just lay it all on the line

CHORUS

CHORUS

This world can analyze and size you up
And throw you on the scales
They can I.Q. you and run you through
Their rigorous details

They can do their best to rate you
And they'll place you on the charts
And then back it up with scientific smarts

But there's more to what you're worth
Than what their human eyes can see

Oh, I say the measure of a man
Is not how tall you stand
How wealthy or intelligent you are
'Cause I've found out the measure of a man
God knows and understands
For He looks inside to the bottom of your heart
And what's in the heart defines
The measure of a man, yeah, yeah, yeah

Well, you can doubt your worth
And search for who you are
And where you stand
But God made you in His image
When He formed you in His hands

And He looks at you with mercy
And He sees you through His love
You're His child and that will always be enough

For there's more to what you're worth
Than you could ever comprehend

Oh I say the measure of a man
Is not how tall you stand
How wealthy or intelligent you are
'Cause I've found out the measure of a man
God knows and understands
For He looks inside
To the bottom of your heart
And what's in the heart defines
The measure of a man, yeah, yeah, yeah

You can spend your life pursuing physical perfection
There is so much more
More than ever meets the eye
For God looks through the surface
And He defines your worth by what is on the inside

I say the measure of a man
Is not how tall you stand
How wealthy or intelligent you are
'Cause I've found out the measure of a man
God knows and understands
For He looks inside
To the bottom of your heart
And what's in the heart defines

Oh, I say the measure of
The measure of a man
Is not how tall you stand
How wealthy or intelligent you are
Oh, I've found the measure of a man
God knows and understands it
And He looks to the bottom of your heart
And what's in the heart defines
Yeah, what's in the heart defines
Yeah, what's in the heart defines
The measure of a man
I know, I know

This is a strange familiar place
Where I am living
The world that was and what's become are not the same
I see the evidence of grace
Without forgetting
How far I've had to come to get me where I am today
If justice had the only say
Well I would not be here
Cause less than anything is more than I deserve
But I can put the past away
For I've discovered
There's nothing left to judge, forgiveness is the final word

CHORUS

Everywhere I turn I see compassion but I'm learning
I'm just a fallen man
In the land of mercy
Love is free to grow where Heaven's healing waters flow
Though I may not understand
I'm living in the land of mercy
It seems I never have to ask


For what I'm given
I see the answer long before I see the need
No longer looking to the past
As just a prison
For what has been helps me remember what I used to be

CHORUS

BRIDGE

Though I may walk through the valley below
I will not fear because I know who rules this world
I'm walking through (repeat)

CHORUS

CHORUS

Love is free
I'm living in the land of mercy
Tell me what you see
I'm living in the land of mercy.

The fields are white and now the time has come
For there's a harvest, there is work left to be done
Lord here am I, I will be the one
I'm committed to the finish
Until the setting of the sun
Lord, I will be faithful in all I say and do

CHORUS
To live a love that never fails
To love my neighbor as myself
And to give til there is nothing left to give
To live a faith that never dies
To be crucified with Christ
Until all that lives through me
Is the message

I can't ignore what's right before my eyes
For all around this world is searching for a sign
Outside the door they're living in the night
And the light that lives within me
Is the hope they long to find
So I must be faithful in all I say and do

REPEAT CHORUS

BRIDGE
If we all will work together
We can make this world a better place to live
We can make a difference if we try

REPEAT CHORUS

The sun is rising and once again
The morning finds me on my knees
On the days horizon I gave got
An invitation to see the King
Far away from worries that weigh me down
I am taken to holy ground
To the place where mercy and love abounds

There in the midst of His throne
I know in my heart this is where I belong
CHORUS
Where the King and I go walking together
Side by side in a heavenly place
Unaware of time in the land of forever
There in His.

To love God, love people
That's the center of the mark
In this life some things are bound to change
But one thing remains the same

We all need love
Time goes by, it moves like a hurricane
And through all the wind and rain

We all need love
As this world just keeps on turnin' round and round
There are treasures to be found


If we just let compassion lead the way

CHORUS

Draw back your bow, let love go
Shoot straight for the heart
With all of you might, set your sight

Take aim from the start
To love God, love people
That's the center of the mark

Sometimes I'm caught in a struggle
But you go straight to the hurt
Before I call out Your name
I find your mercy is already at work

Where could I hide from Your spirit
Why should I run from Your love
For you've walked my heart
Every secret part
There's nothing I can cover up
No there's nothing I can cover up

CHORUS
Through Your window with a view
Straight into my soul
Nothing in creation
Is hidden from Your window with a view
How else could You know what we're going through
There is no mystery to You
You've got a window
A window with a view

So many times I have questioned
In moments of my despair
Is someone watching this wrold
And is there really anybody who cares

But I have reached a conclusion
Why should I have any doubt
For the part of me no one knows or sees
You've already figured out
You've already figured out

REPEAT CHORUS

BRIDGE
Now I can draw the shutters
Try to hide behind the pain
Live beneath the covers
But there is nothing that can keep You away, away

REPEAT CHORUS

Well I've seen the news
And I've heard the questions
Seems the thing to do
Is to keep second guessing
The one who made the earth and sky
I guess it's okay just to wonder why
But I know the truth, and I know I'm certain
It's not a mystery, It's not behind a curtain
The veil was torn many year ago
And the Spirit stayed just to let us know
That the answer is not in the stars way up high
But the answer is found in believing in Christ

CHORUS
So I am walking by faith and not by sight
And I am trusting in invisible things
For I have felt in my heart
What I can't see with my eyes
'Cause the proof is living inside of me
I've been set free
And this is all the evidence I need

There are pyramids
In the land of Egypt
There are those who say
That they contain the secrets
To where we're from and why we're here
But I think God's Word makes it crystal clear
That the ancient tombs in the barren desert
Do not hold the clues
They do not hold the answers
The truth has already been revealed
For it's moving in me and I know that it's real
'Cause it's not in the grave for the skeptics to see
But he lives in the hearts of the ones who believe

REPEAT CHORUS

BRIDGE
'Cause I know Your love reaches out to me
In my weakest of days
For I've felt Your touch In my hearts of hearts
Though I've never even seen Your face

REPEAT CHORUS

There's a shadow I can't see
From a holy canopy
That my Father spread for me
When I'm strong or when I'm weak
When I wake or when I sleep
He is watching over me
Over me.....
Over me

To the temporary mind
I can't logically define
This love cover so divine
Just beneath what lies between
What is real and what is seen
There is a refuge in His wing
In His wing...
In His wing

CHORUS
I have found a secret place
Where I can go to hide away
Safe inside this hallowed space
I am concealed by saving grace
Forever in this sacred hideaway

Flaming arrows deep in flight
People dropping left and right
Still I'm safely out of sight
Darkness trying to prevail
Demons fighting tooth and nail
But I'm kept within the veil
In the veil... (There's a place that lies between)
(What is real and what is seen)
In the veil (A shadow I can't see)
(When I'm underneath His wing)

REPEAT CHORUS

BRIDGE
Still within this life
There's so much to learn
Barriers to cross
Their bridges to be burned
And where the lion walks
I will not be afraid
My feet may touch the earth
But my heart is swept away
In this hideaway

REPEAT CHORUS

We're living in this world
But are we making a difference
Maybe the salt in us is out of season
They look into our eyes
I wonder what are they seeing
Has Jesus been disguised by our religion

And the nations cry for the real Messiah
"O come and please show us the way"
We say He's already come
And that He's livin' in us
But can He really be found in our lives today

CHORUS
When your words are His words
When your way His way
When your hands are the hands He can use
When your heart's desire is just to be a heart
He reaches through
That's when Jesus looks a lot like you
That's when Jesus looks a lot like you

If all this world's a stage
I guess that we are the players
So in this part we play
What are we saying

Do we speak the truth
With the words we're using
If not, we're just wasting our time
We're on a mission of hope
With every seed that we sow
We've got to seize every moment that passes by

REPEAT CHORUS

BRIDGE
All we are and all we should ever long to be
Is just a vessel just to die
To be fashioned by God's hand
Until all that remains is love

REPEAT CHORUS

When I was a child
I heard a great story
Of kingdoms and empires
And prophets of old
Of heroes and martyrs
Who died for their cause
And through every chapter
The story was told
Of redemption and love
Sometimes written in red
Headed right to the heart
Of every woman and man

CHORUS
And down through the ages
Again and again
It's the greatest story ever told
Straight from the pages
From beginning to end
It's the greatest story ever told
Wise could never begin to explain
The measure of grace
This wonderous book holds
It's more than a fable
Or and old fairy tale
It's the greatest, greatest story ever told

For thousands of years
This pearl of great wisdom
Has weathered through changes
And lasted through wars
Many a doubter
Has risen and fallen
Built the story had never once
Abandoned it's course
For the author still speaks
To the listening one
Through the voices of men
And through the pages
The pages of love

REPEAT CHORUS

This world that we live in could never contain
The wealth of compassion
This wondrous book holds
It's more than a fable or an old fairy tale
It's the greatest, greatest story ever told