Brandon Heath Takes the ‘Gospel Truth’ into the New Year
By: Laura Bennett
The end of the year is a good time for reassessment and closure.
And for Dove Award-winner Brandon Heath it’s also a time to celebrate unchanging things as one year moves into the next.
Brandon was recently asked a question by a friend he poses to us all: “what’s one thing you’re starting, and one thing you’re finishing?”
“Life is full of things that we start, and we finish,” Brandon said. “You can’t just roll everything through your whole life, there’s seasons.”
For Brandon, he’s starting to read the New Testament – something he’s never done completely as an avid fan of the Old Testament – and dropping the break-neck speed of touring.
“I’m just finding there’s so much more clarity in my day if I’m starting it in God’s word,” he said. “This [past year] of touring has been one of the busiest that I’ve had in a long time.
“I’m looking toward next year and doing less because I have two little girls. I’m quitting the busyness [and] trying to prioritise family.”
The reflective nature of a year ending pops up in Brandon’s latest single Gospel Truth, where he wonders if he’s become all he dreamt possible as a new Christian, and thanks God for His consistency through the doubts life brings up.
“Am I who I wanted to be at 16? No,” Brandon said. “Am I a good man? Yes, and God has been better to me and more faithful to me than I could have even dreamt of when I started my journey with him back when I was 16.
“The gospel truth is that God is constantly purifying my heart and pruning the dead limbs. There’s death that happens in my life, but there are also really good things that are born.”
20 years since he signed his record deal, Brandon hopes his music says to people “God is real”.
“He knows you, He desires for you to know Him and He loves you,” Brandon said. “I want [my music] to cut through all the things that are scary and worrisome.
“Music has the ability to reassure, and I hope that’s what my music is doing.”
Article supplied with thanks to Hope Media.
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About the Author: Laura Bennett is a media professional, broadcaster and writer from Sydney, Australia.
