We weren't quite sure what the structure for writing songs would look like as we were preparing to begin this whole process. We knew God had gifted each of us, and that we could cover worship songs together, but what would writing look like? Some of the band had writing experience, but not all of us. Right before this process our Young Adult group in Toccoa had walked through a series in the seven letters in Revelation. These are love letters that were written by Jesus through John. Jesus, called out some of these churches for their sin, and ultimately encouraged them on their journey with Christ. Originally we planned to write the entire album surrounding these letters, although as time went on we evolved to other sections of scripture as you will see later.
So the first Thursday to meet and write arrived. About two hours prior to the meeting, Kevin wrote a guitar riff and a melody to a chorus. No lyrics were with the melody besides the phrase "Nothing He Can't Do." So all we had walking in, was a guitar riff and a concept to build something around. As anyone who writes music knows, there are times where a song will piece together, and other times when it could take months to complete a concept. We didn't really know what to expect. In fact our first night we were short handed as a band. We did not have Jeremy our lead guitar player present, or Megan our female vocalist.
So to begin the whole process we started by building our music as a band. We quickly came up with a flow and feel for the song and got an order together. Then we came off stage, grabbed some chairs and an acoustic guitar and began working on our lyrics and melodies. Looking at the seven letters we decided to pull from the second letter, this was to the church in Smyrna. You can check it out, Revelation 2:8-11. Jesus was preparing this church for suffering that they were getting ready to face. He wanted them to know some important things as they were getting ready for that:
1. He is first and last. That means that He was before anything they were about to face, and He will be after it. So, if they would keep their eyes set on Him, He would pull them through. There's Nothing He Can't Do!
2. He was dead but is now alive. Jesus conquered death! What could they have to fear if God was on their side! Even DEATH couldn't hold him down! There's Nothing He Can't Do!
3. Those who remained faithful would receive the crown of life. He assures them that He will grant them the crown of life if they remained in Him!
These were all important concepts for them to be encouraged by, and truths they could hold on to as they prepared for the suffering ahead. He knew that without the hope He had for them, they wouldn't make it. But if they would place their faith in Him through it, they would conquer! This wasn't just true for the church in smyrna in that time, but is also true in our lives. We will face suffering in our lives, their will be very tough and trying times. But guess what! With the hope of Christ we can know, that there's nothing He can't handle. We finished our lyrics and got back to the instruments to finalize everything. This song continued to take shape all the way into the studio. Musically it is one of our favorites, and has a lot of really cool dynamics. Stephen and Zach both played huge parts in the outro which we love!
Can't wait for you to be able to worship to this tune and be encouraged by it!
Wolverton
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