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GP: Congrats on the American Idol opportunity! That’s huge!
Mali: Thank you!
GP: What thoughts are running through your mind as you prepare for tomorrow’s performance?
Mali: Purpose and destiny. It’s like… you’re 7 or 10 years old. You hear a word. It speaks on something in your future, but you have no idea how it will come. Then, in those moments while you’re trudging forward, focused on the daily bread, you come upon a milestone and get an opportunity that reminds you—- not only is God with you,
but He hasn’t forgotten what He said.
Those are the things that cause you to be inspired, to keep going. They lift you beyond any affirmation that man can give. And, they lift you beyond any criticism man can give. You’re safe in the hands of God, which is a great place to be.
GP: Amen. You’ve been blessed with a really peculiar platform and the gospel industry has really been cheering you along as you get mainstream opportunities– from being signed to RCA Records to, now, performing on the American Idol stage. How are you staying grounded?
Mali: I think it all has to do with the preparation that takes place behind the mountain. David stayed
grounded. He was built that way, without him knowing what was to come. The time he spent with God when no one knew his name, when he was barely even important to his own father… he was just being obedient to the man in charge. I say “obedient” is how I grew up. It was an invisible life of servitude, then God brought me forward. I’m a backline man that God brought to the front.
GP: Yeah.
Mali: Now, practically, it’s been my mother, my father, my pastor, and my relationship with God.
And my team– Holly Carter… And it’s been the inspiring messages that I get from the Body—-the remnant, the kingdom-minded people that understand what is happening.
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