Crossmap Podcast: Singer/Songwriter Micah Tyler on 'Walking Free' in Faith Toward a Big God
It is a high likelihood that most people would admit that it would be great to have a closer relationship with God. Despite our best intentions, people often drift away from their faith. Life seems more exciting making your own decisions, without any direct input or guidance from God.
The problem is that it never seems to end well. Disappointment happens, stress, anxiety, and even depression sets in, eventually leaving us desperate for the comforting and guiding hand of God in our lives.
It’s all part of the journey each and every one of us is on. The road from where we are to where God wants us to be is filled with many challenges and sometimes daunting obstacles.
Popular singer/songwriter Micah Tyler has spent a great deal of his adult life writing songs that address the very challenges that have already been mentioned. Through his lyrics and words, Tyler’s desire is to encourage believers to experience the mercy and mission of a closer connection with God, and to pursue a deeper relationship with Jesus, regardless of what you might be going through.
“God’s given me a point of view, a heart to feel, and feet to go and travel to where I need to be,” says Tyler, who has penned several praise and worship staples including “Never Been a Moment” and “Different”. “I just want to make sure that I am writing from the perspective that He’s given to me. I can’t write from your perspective, I can’t write from someone else’s, but I can write from a human perspective.”
In his debut devotional book, Walking Free: Taking Small Steps to a Big God, that was inspired by his popular worship song of the same name, Tyler encourages readers to take small steps away from the things of this world and all the empty promises it offers and walk toward the good things of God and the knowledge of knowing Jesus more deeply.
“This is a Jesus help book,” explains Tyler, who is currently touring this spring with MercyMe. “This is not a me having everything figured out, me being on the other side of the finish line and looking back at everyone, saying ‘Okay, I figured it all out. Here’s exactly how we do it.’” It’s me saying, ‘Hey, if I’m going to be in the trenches and you’re going to be in the trenches, why don’t we walk together? Why don’t, why don’t we take these steps measured together and, and do it in a realistic, practical way?’”
Tyler joins us on the Crossmap Podcast to talk about how the process of writing a book isn’t all that different from writing a song. He says that like most songs, devotional books are born out of intense experiences or personal pain. Listen as Tyler shares that ultimately it’s all about being transparent, vulnerable, and open to God’s leading.
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