I am in awe and wonder as I sit here thinking about the presence of God and how powerful those moments are when we experience it. After spending three days at the Facedown Songwriter’s Conference at Northpoint Church, I find myself a bumbling idiot when it comes to putting into words how those three nights of worship felt. Matt Redman led us to a place of intimacy with God with his beautiful notes, lyrics and his humble, open heart. It seemed everyone there was seeking a closer look at Jesus and He chose to join us, which brought us all facedown.
As a songwriter, I learned how to look at things a bit differently than I ever had before. For me personally, it was a time of searching my motives, my reasons and my ultimate purpose for writing and recording music. It came down to asking myself whether or not I had a pure heart in the thing. Just finishing the No Judgments CD, there were a multitude of thoughts weaving through my head and I was touched by the statement that Matt made when he said, “We can manufacture CD’s but we can never manufacture true worship”. It confirmed right then and there that for me, writing songs would always have to be about ministry and being able to offer some measure of comfort to those who listen, not to serve as a means for record sales. It was good to be reminded that in the midst of all of our music endeavors, our greatest audience will always be God.