i’ll sing waymaker a thousand times if it means they’ll start to believe it

“Waymaker, miracle worker, promise keeper, light in the darkness” is a chorus that I feel like I’ve heard a million times in my life. I started to get sick of this song probably a month after it came out, which was about a year or two ago. 

We all know that one overplayed Christian song that would just grind your gears— for some it’s Oceans, for others it’s Reckless love, for me it was Waymaker. Every time we would be making a worship setlist I would jokingly say “throw waymaker on there” because I honestly just looked at it as some cliche song that just was full of empty words. 

Upon arriving to Dunamis, I quickly noticed how often they would have the girls sing waymaker. Nearly every time i entered the house i would hear the song humming in the background. 

About a week into being at this ministry, a few of my squad mates and I went to celebrate international women’s day with the girls. We prayed for them and washed their feet as an act of service. We spent the night weeping & praising our God for everything they’ve been through and how far they’ve come since being rescued.

On this night I saw an 11 year old girl, whom has been through the worst things imaginable, sobbing on her knees and crying out the words “milagroso, abres camino, cumples promesas, luz en tinieblas”.– It wasn’t until this moment that I realized the gravity of these words. 

These girls are down on their knees, quite literally begging for the Lord to make a way for them — desperate to see His promises come to pass & His light fill their darkness. In this moment I fell to the ground weeping for the lives of these girls. I began to sing waymaker louder and more desperately than i have ever sang anything in my life. 

I will get on my knees and sing this song until the day I die if it means that these girls will start to believe these words.

I know the Lord is good & faithful and will bring so much beauty from the ashes of their lives, and I will not stop praying that they begin to believe this as well. 

Lord, make a way for these girls. 

God, work a miracle of healing and protection in their hearts. 

Father, bless them with your abundant promises. 

Jesus, be their light amongst all the darkness they’ve endured. 

Thank you God that you make a way for your children, I will never take those words for granted again. 

It’s Your Kingdom forever.