Overnight Star Oliver Anthony Shares Gospel on Joe Rogan’s Podcast
By Movieguide® Contributor
Country music sensation Oliver Anthony shared the Gospel on Joe Rogan’s podcast as he revealed how a relationship with Jesus transformed his life.
Anthony revealed that he suffered from anxiety and depression as well as pain in his jaw and throughout the rest of his body. At the time, he believed suicide was his only option.
“I just felt hopeless, like almost the way a child feels hopeless when you can’t find your parent or something,” Anthony shared. “Like a 4-year-old who can’t find his parents, I didn’t have anything left in me.”
“I just decided right then and there, I know I can’t do this anymore, but I know there are things I need to do,” he added.
“I just told God, let me do it and I’ll give all this…up. I’ll give up the weed, and I’ll quit getting drunk, and I’ll quit being so angry about things…and I’ll start over again and make Him the focus and not me,” he expressed.
Anthony shared that every person falls short and no one is special or made right with God through their own strength.
“We all sin, and we all do stupid things; we’re all just people. Nobody’s special or righteous,” he explained. “People sometimes act like they’re special and righteous, but we’re all just the same thing…We all serve some master whether we realize it or not, so why not let it be the Master that is above all.”
Anthony continued, “And I’ll be very brief with this, I promise, but ironically, it’s Proverbs 4:20, which I thought you would like…‘My son, pay attention to what I say, turn your ear to my words. Do not let them out of your sight. Keep them within your heart, for they are life to those who find them and health to one’s whole body.’”
“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it,” he said, reading from Proverbs. “Keep your mouth free from perversity, keep corrupt talk from your lips, let your eyes look straight ahead, fix your gaze directly before you, give careful thoughts to the paths for your feet, and be steadfast in all your ways. Do not turn to the right or the left, keep your foot from evil.”
Anthony explained to Rogan that the book of Proverbs is about “good guidance that you would want a father to give his son.”
Since his success, Anthony has been open about his faith. During his first concert in mid-August, he shared a passage from Psalm 37.
Part of what he read says, “The wicked plot against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them; but the Lord laughs at the wicked, for he knows their day is coming…The blameless spend their days under the Lord’s care, and their inheritance will endure forever. In times of disaster they will not wither; in days of famine they will enjoy plenty.”
Before singing, he shared, “It’s crazy for me because I remember back in June I played here for about 20 people. That’s the beautiful part of this country because, even an idiot like me can make something.”
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