Called to Worship
Matt Redman’s dad died when Matt was a young boy. Years later, he found out that his father had committed suicide.
In the middle of this pain and confusion, Matt clung to a truth that he had discovered a few years before.
When he was 10 years old, Matt’s mother took him to a football stadium where he heard me speak about God the Father’s perfect love, in contrast to the failures of human fathers. It was then that Matt knew he had a Father in heaven.
Matt began writing songs about what he was learning in his walk with God. Then he started sharing his songs at church. Now he is one of the most influential Christian songwriters of his generation. “Blessed Be Your Name,” “You Never Let Go,” “The Heart of Worship,” and other worship songs he has written are sung all over the world in churches every Sunday.
He does what the Bible commands: “Sing to the LORD, all the earth; proclaim his salvation day after day.” This is his God-given calling!
Matt never imagined the impact his music would have, but he used the gift the Lord gave him for God’s glory. Now through Matt’s music, people are coming to know the Lord better. All because a little boy needed a father and found one in God the Father.
Use your gifts that God has given you to praise Him, and God can do great things. You can impact the world, as Matt does with God’s help.
“Use your gifts that God has given you to praise Him, and God can do great things.”
1 Chronicles 16:23
“Sing to the LORD, all the earth! Tell of his salvation from day to day.”