Newsboys’ Michael Tait On Standing Firm in the Faith: ‘God Will Walk You Through It’
By Movieguide® Staff
Musician Michael Tait recently opened up about how hardships have helped him deepen his faith in God.
“My dad would always say when we were kids, ‘If we don’t stand for something, we will fall for anything,'” Tait recalled. “And it’s true. Whenever our faith is being questioned, people want to say, ‘What’s your stance on that?’ And we cower away or be bold about it. Morality issues, life issues, you should stand on a certain point, and if you question that, [you] are deconstructing the faith.”
“God pulls at man. He’s not going to bum-rush His way into our lives. He is going to make it known that, with His Hand on us, He’s going to chase you down relentlessly,” Tait continued. “Your arms are too short to box with God. You want to surrender and say, ‘Lord, I’m not sure what’s going on, I’m not sure what tomorrow holds, I’m not sure if I’m going to make it through. But, I know one thing that is sure and constant and that’s You because You’re the same every day, yesterday and tomorrow.'”
Tait added that hardships are a reality of the Christian life and encouraged viewers to trust God through trials and not avoid them.
“When the times get tough and rough, … it’s not a matter of trying to run around it. Just go through it. God will walk you through it because through that, you’re going to gain strength, you’re going to gain power, you’re going to gain joy because the joy of the Lord is your strength,” Tait exclaimed. “You’re going to learn how not to moan and groan at every turn and realize that God has a plan for this whole thing. But you have to know where you stand first.”
“When we are kids, we learn ‘God is great’ and ‘God is good.’ That’s great and adorable but is God still great and good when your sister dies from AIDS, or your son dies of a drug overdose, or a friend dies from COVID?” Tait added. “Of course, we know He’s still good, but it’s hard in those moments to say ‘He is good.’ We have to trust the God we put all our faith in, that He can carry us through the cray-cray times and the good times.”
Tait is included in the new documentary, THE JESUS MUSIC.
In THE JESUS MUSIC, the Erwin brothers explore the history of CCM and its effect on culture today.
“THE JESUS MUSIC is an impressive overview of a pop culture phenomenon. It documents and captures the spirit of its subject. It also shows why Christian music continues to be popular, despite some of the criticism it’s received from inside and outside the Church,” Movieguide®’s review of the movie reads. “THE JESUS MUSIC is a stirring document of an important part of today’s Christian life. In the end, as one song lyric says, ‘It’s all about Jesus.'”
“I love the movie. Two thumbs up. It’s so good because it chronicles the life and times of Christian music from as far back as the ’70s… straight up until for King and Country,” Tait said in regards to the movie. “The movie shows some of the struggles that [we] had, the new differences. It shows a variety of other songs. It’s going to be fantastic.”
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