Great Things Matt Maher

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Artist Reflection

One day, I was looking again at the Magnificat, Mary's prayer at Jesus' birth announcement, and I thought of it as the first prayer ever prayed by somebody saying yes to the will of God. Some weeks later, I was practicing with my band and realized what I wanted was to combine Paul's foundational theology with the theology of the Incarnation: "You alone have done great things/ I can't boast of anything/ Mighty one, King of kings, Jesus/ You alone have done great things by Your living word in me." The idea was to echo that what happened to Mary, happens to us as Christians. When we say yes to God, we receive the Word into us. Mary's situation happened in a very, very unique and profound way. As Christians, we can have a similar spiritual encounter.

Funny side-note: As the production took off, it became more and more like a country song! Every one was like, "You wrote a country song!" Well, I didn't really mean it to be; it just kind of went that way.

- Matt Maher