Even If You Don’ t BART & SHANNON MILLARD
The lyrics of“ Even If” became my expression to say,“ God, I know You’ re able to do anything. I know You can save or heal anyone in a moment with Your mighty hand. But even if You don’ t, my hope is in You alone.” I felt like that line was opposite the majority of what is written in so much of Christian music. At least at the time we released the song, no one else was delivering a message like that. We need songs today like the psalms that say,“ When life doesn’ t go our way, God is still worthy of our trust, our hope, and our faith.”
Lots of creative people sit down every day to try to write a hit. But it’ s the songs that are brutally honest, raw, and transparent that truly connect to what we all really need to hear, songs that help us get through the bad seasons in life, as well as celebrate the great times. Of course, it’ s way more fun to write a celebration song when life has been amazing. No one volunteers to be in the position to write an“ Even If” out of actual experience.
Most Christian music is about God keeping us out of the fire. I wanted to echo Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego’ s bold confession of faith to say, even if our God doesn’ t stop us from being thrown into the fire, He will see us through the fire. After many years and thousands of prayers, [ my son ] Sam hasn’ t been healed [ from Type 1 Diabetes ]. After
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