God Reveals Himself As a Father to Jonathan Cain
Jonathan Cain says he was “devastated” when his father passed away. “I always wrote for him,” he said, “every note I play I can trace back to my father.” But in the midst of his loss, God revealed something to the musician, who said, “And then God, his voice came to me. I sat weeping at that piano, [and God] said, ‘No, Jon, it’s been me.’”
God revealed that he was the source of all of Cain’s music and that he was present when Cain wrote his hit songs. Cain now sees the lyrics in songs such as “Faithfully” and “Open Arms” through new eyes as God revealing his love to him. “It opened my eyes to the transcendence of a father reaching down to his son,” he said.
Cain says he never imagined he would go back to church and sing there, but says “the music started pouring out of me…Now I understand that my worship music is my way of being grateful and staying [God’s] son. I think that we all need to know that it’s not too late and we’re all worthy and he’s a good God.”
