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SONG SPOTLIGHT Mack Brock // “Into Dust” Doug Doppler with Mack Brock For a long time we shared song charts with As humans, we tend to measure our self-worth [WM] Mack, thanks for joining us! You are each issue, so we’re super excited to kick by our successes. As believers, we know that stepping into a new season as a worship start that again. But rather than just share the it is God who ‘gave us the gift’ and chooses leader and as a songwriter. Although you have charts, we wanted to take a deeper look into what He’s going to breathe life into, not us. To numerous successes behind you, it has to be the worship artists and songs that are speaking step into what God has for us, sometimes we a bit of a faith walk believing that God will show to all of us. have to leave the success of the season past, if the same kind of favor in this season as he has we’re committed to see what God has waiting in the past. Are there any Bible verses that have for us in the season to come. really spoken to you in this season, and if so, In the busyness of life, it is easy to forget that the songs we play on Sunday to min ister to which ones? others are also designed to minister to us. In listening to the “Into Dust” it is clear that Mack Discovering that the worship leaders behind our carries something that is uniquely his. We’re [Mack] The two passages of scripture that favorite songs struggle with the same kinds of excited to share this song with you as well as have been foundational for me and my family challenges that we do is key to understanding the insights of the worship artist behind it! these past few years have been Joshua 6 (the why these songs speak to us as worship walls of Jericho falling) and Exodus 14 (Moses musicians. leading the Israelites through the Red Sea). Both stories have been something my wife and “Give Me Faith” was the first song that I heard I have discussed a lot in this season – stepping from Elevation Worship. Together with the out into the unknown, being obedient when it immensely popular “Do It Again” these songs do doesn’t seem to make sense. God constantly a great job of ‘bookending’ Mack’s contribution asked the Israelites to simply trust him - no as a member of the Elevation Worship team. matter how absurd it might look. Having faith isn’t necessarily walking with full confidence or having no fear. For us, it’s been just being obedient. Speaking with the Lord, reading his word, trusting him even in the middle of our fear, speaking confidence into our family and circumstance, even if we’re lacking that internally. And he’s proved over and over again that we can trust Him. That He is with us every step of every day. It’s been a good year. [WM] When we’re broken and our dreams feel like nothing but dust is often the time that God ministers to us most powerfully. This song is a great reminder of that, both individually and congregationally. What advice do you have for worship team leaders, members, or believers in general about having ‘eyes to see and ears to hear’ so we are ready to be the ‘hands and 30 September 2018 WorshipMusician.com