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How Christian Singer’s New Song Reminds Us ‘There Is Hope’

How Christian Singer’s New Song Reminds Us ‘There Is Hope’

By Movieguide® Contributor

Danny Gokey is sharing the story behind one of the songs on his latest album. 

“I want to share a story about a little song called ‘Only For A Moment,’” he said in a new Instagram video. “It’s on the new album called Sound Of Heaven.”

Gokey said, “I love the lyric — it says, ‘Even now, there is hope buried in the hurt // before the bloom of a rose, there’s a season in the dirt // but something beautiful is on the way // and where you are is not where you were made to stay.’”

“I love how it talks about hope,” he continued. “There is hope, even when it feels like everything is dark and gloomy and things aren’t working out. When God plants a seed, it goes in the dirt. It seems dark. The seed has to die, but it’s not the end of the situation. The seed is the beginning of the situation. You have to always keep [that] in mind — that even though you feel buried right now, you feel like life has kind of dealt you a bad hand. If something’s dying in your life, surrender to God and know that He’s going to work everything out together for your good, because God doesn’t waste any of the pain that we go through.”

Gokey concluded, “It’s only for a moment the Bible talks about that, the afflictions that we go through cannot compare to the glory that’s going to be revealed in us.”

Gokey spoke to CCM Magazine about the inspiration behind Sound Of Heaven’s title. 

“The phrase ‘Sound of Heaven,’ and each of the songs on this album, will mean different things to different people in different places of life, and I believe that each of these songs communicate the hopeful messages of heaven in ways that will speak to people — whatever their season of life,” he shared

Gokey continued, “I believe that the [sound] of heaven is as diverse as all of [sounds of] creation. Some people think it’s one dimensional with just angels singing with harps, but it’s way more than that. It’s full of joy, where all creation in heaven and earth comes together and makes a beautiful sound. To me, there’s no greater joy than us getting to participate in the ‘[sound] of heaven’ by glorifying Him with our lives here on earth. In whatever walk of life or profession; whatever nation, tribe or tongue, we all make up the sound of heaven if we’re following Jesus.”

In an interview with Baptist News, the singer talked about how his faith influences his music. 

“God’s the greatest artist of all time, he’s got the goods and we as his children have access to that,” he explained. “One thing I’ve tried to do is not limit myself. It’s so easy and I’ve done this many times and I’ve regretted it, but you’ll limit yourself. I’ve really disciplined myself in saying, ‘Why can’t I do that?’”

Movieguide® previously reported on Sound Of Heaven:

Christian artist Danny Gokey is opening up about his new album Sound of Heaven and what he hopes his fans take away from it.

“This project was really unique. As it turns out, it’s the reflection of all the different sides of me,” he told Fox News host Shannon Bream. “It’s, you know, very celebratory but…it starts with a prayer, like ‘Lord, what do you want to write through me?’ Because God is the greatest songwriter of all time. He’s the greatest artist of all time. We’re His children, so I’m thinking, like, I’m going right to the source.”

Gokey explained how as he wrote the album, he noticed all of the songs sounded very different from each other.

“I knew that heaven was so diverse, and heaven is reflected with different sounds, so it all just came together,” he said.

The singer continued by reflecting on how beautiful diversity is and how we need to embrace the differences around us.

“Our thinking becomes small when we don’t embrace everything that’s around us. We become very small-minded, unfortunately. I just think when people get to heaven, they’re going to be shocked, you know, at how amazing and how diverse and how awesome [it is],” he told Bream.


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