Hillsong UNITED – Right In Step

I just don’t see that with Jesus. I don’t see that in the Word of God. I don’t believe that. I believe that Jesus represents a paradoxical truth that is transcendent of both ends of the spectrum that reveals to whoever—wherever they might stand or what they believe, think, or feel—a different way of looking at the world, a different way of looking at themselves, a different way of looking at the future.

Maybe it’s foolish to presume that songs can change that, but I do believe that songs can point people to Jesus. I do believe that songs can have a subversive way of breaking down the walls and constructs that we put up to kind-of protect our way of thinking or protects our way of being, that hopefully can open our eyes from the inside out to see something that is more beautiful and something that is more true. At the deepest level, that’s probably the desire behind the music and songs on Wonder.

The best thing we can do to serve the message is actually to just get out of the way, but to also keep pointing people to it. That’s a paradox in and of itself. That’s the challenge of being a worship leader, or anybody who’s on a platform representing God, is to be bold in where you stand and what you’re called to do. To be a witness, but to also go, “Hey, hey—look at me. Now, look at Him.”

TS: That was the question that the boys asked, “What do you think of when you hear the word ‘wonder?’” I was like, “It’s such a beautiful word. A pretty, short word.” Then they were like, “Okay, what does it mean?” When I think about wonder, I look at the sky. I love colors and I love to think that every single combination of colors are what God put there. Like a sunrise, He paints it. That always fills me with wonder. Then, I also feel like in a child whenever I look up at the sky because even though I’m a tall gal here on earth, I realize just how little I really am. That awakens within me a childlike wonder.

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