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The whole world is glad that you said yes. You have been such a blessing. Your songs, I mean, we could talk about all of them, but I really want to talk about "Waymaker," of course. You know, just from
Simisola Okai shares the inspiring story behind Sinach's global hit 'Way Maker' and its impact on her faith and music career.
Key Takeaways
- Faith in God's promises can lead to unexpected breakthroughs and global impact.
- 'Way Maker' symbolizes God's role as a way maker and miracle worker in believers' lives.
- Stepping out of comfort zones is essential for spiritual and personal growth.
- Music can transcend cultural and language barriers to inspire and unite people worldwide.
- Believing in God's word empowers individuals to influence and shine as lights in their communities.
Summary
- Simisola Okai discusses the unexpected global success of Sinach's song 'Way Maker' with over 120 million YouTube views.
- She reflects on her long songwriting journey and how 'Way Maker' marked a new level of success.
- Simisola shares her personal experience of transitioning into a new season in life and the nervousness that came with it.
- She explains the spiritual revelation behind the song inspired by God's promises to Abram about leaving comfort zones.
- The song 'Way Maker' is described as a personal revelation about God being a way maker, promise keeper, and miracle worker.
- Simisola highlights how the song has been embraced worldwide, translated into many languages, and sung in diverse places.
- She emphasizes the importance of faith and believing in God's promises to achieve breakthroughs.
- Simisola shares her story of overcoming her environment in Africa and impacting the world through music.
- The video closes with Simisola singing a spontaneous song of faith and encouragement for viewers.
- The message encourages viewers to embrace new levels of faith, influence, and light in their lives.
Chapters
- 00:00Introduction and 'Way Maker' success
- 00:31Songwriting journey and unexpected impact
- 01:07New season and personal challenges
- 01:38Navigating change and seeking God's guidance
- 02:14Biblical inspiration from Abram's story
- 02:49Revelation behind 'Way Maker' lyrics
- 03:55Global reach and translations of the song
- 04:35Faith, belief, and personal testimony
- 05:09Closing encouragement and spontaneous song
- 06:26Message on influence and shining as light
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last night, because by the time people watch it, it might be even higher—120 million YouTube views and counting. I mean, just for you, you know, stepping out of it and looking at what God has done, did you ever imagine He would take it
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this far? No way, because I've been writing songs for a long time. I have like countless songs, and well, we were thinking some of the songs were making a lot of waves, but this one was
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different. You know, He just went—what the Lord was introducing was different. He does it in His own way, and you never know which one He will take. So the song came out of—well, there's a story behind the song. You
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have an accent, a body. I want to hear it now, please. Okay, so yeah, I am in a new season in my life, and you know, I always tell you for successes and levels—success, one level of success, you go from
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one level of success to the other. And here I was, after so much, I've done so much, and then it was time, you know, that time that you move over to another level of success. So there's a bit of a gap.
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Yeah, sometimes you don't know, okay, where am I supposed to be doing? So it took a while. It was a swift change in season. Wow, and I got nervous, and of course, I felt I was like a fish out of
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the water because I was going to a kind of area where I haven't been before, and the Lord was pulling me towards that area. You know, sometimes the Lord wants to shut this door
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and open another door, and you're like, I want to stay in the comfort zone. I don't want to move. And so I was in that place, and I got really nervous. And so it was a period I had to really latch on to His presence and
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really seek His face. And then He began to tell me something. He told me that when He called Abram from them, it wasn't about me. He said He told him to leave his people, his comfort zone, and He took
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him out to a place where He would show him. He didn't even explain everything, you know. And He said to him, "I will make you famous." That's what He said. "I'm gonna make you famous. I'm gonna make your name
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known. I'm gonna make you great." All those promises—it was just a promise. It wasn't that, but the Bible says that Abram believed God, and he left his comfort zone. He didn't even know where he was going, but he started each other. And that's
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when, when the Lord gave me the song, He said, "Oh, see, I'm your way maker,
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promise keeper. I keep if I said I'm gonna do it, I'm gonna do it." So it's a personal—it was a
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personal revelation to me, and He said, "I am. My word will bring light to every dark situation." And of course, He works miracles. He works miracles, though the greater truth is that we are miracle workers, but He works miracles. He's the
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chief miracle worker. Yes, He is. And so that's how the song came up. And yeah, it was such a drama. So we put it on YouTube, and boom, He just went. Everybody started singing it from different places. People are translating
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it in different languages. So the song just taught me that you can never outdo God when you decide to believe Him for who He said He is and what He said He will do—that He would
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do Him. And so myself, from being a young little girl in Africa, so able to overcome my environment, believing in the pictures that God showed me, that what He was going to do with me, He was going to do with me. And so my story is that I'm
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doing what I'm doing from Africa and touching the whole world, which has never been done before, and it's rare to see. Yeah, and it's all because you believed Him. Because I believe, believe His words. Yeah, you're a living example. I am. And you
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know, I want to close this broadcast with you singing over us. I didn't—I didn't tell you I was gonna ask you this, but it could be in the spirit, it could be a song in your heart, it could be a song
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we've never heard before, but someone watching just needs to hear. You know, God says He sings over us. Can you just sing us out? So this song, Caesar, there's an overflow, abundance of faith, is a new level, is a new level. There's an overflow,
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abundance of blessings. You've taken over, you've taken over. So in your home, in your finances, in your business, you're gonna shine as a light. And how do you shine as light? By taking over, by taking over. You take over.
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You are influential for Jesus, and people do not listen to people who are influential. That's the amazing thing. And that is why the light of God is upon us, stands, and we have a voice. And when people look at us, they say, "I want to
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