Gospel Legend Bill Gaither Reflects on Jesus, Music and the 'Gaither Gospel Hour'
Michael Foust
Crosswalk Headlines Contributor
Hope and optimism may be declining in public opinion polls, but legendary singer Bill Gaither is not following the trend. He says he remains more hopeful than ever about the future. Gaither is a six-time Grammy winner whose music co-written with wife Gloria graces hymnals and fills radio airwaves. And at age 88, he’s still busy. This month, he’s promoting his new TBN series, The Gaither Gospel Hour, which launches Feb. 1 and combines stories and interviews with music.
“Am I optimistic? I'm very optimistic,” Gaither told Crosswalk Headlines.
His optimism about the world’s future, he added, stems from his unwavering worldview.
“I believe in the Kingdom theology. This world is not our home. We're just passing through. I believe we belong to another Kingdom,” Gaither said. “I believe our allegiance is to another Kingdom. And I think when Jesus said, ‘Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and all of these other things will be added’ -- I think we get messed up when we put our faith in politics, I don't care which side, [or] when we put our faith in any other kind of philosophy. Because we belong to a beautiful family called the family of God and its kingdom.”
Gaither, always ready to share a song, broke into one of his classics: I Just Feel Like Something Good Is About to Happen. The Bible, he said, is “the only place that we can put our hope and our trust and our optimism.”
“And I'm not saying that Christian people don't get depressed because of earthly situations, but I think there comes a time when we need to turn that TV off, turn the computer off, drown out all the other sources, and go out,” he said. “We’ve got a cabin out in the woods just 15 minutes from here, and when we walk in that cabin, we say, ‘Nothing else matters.’”
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