Zach Williams – Unpredictable Paths

The pastor and worship leader of the church loved on me, my family, and took us in. It was definitely a God thing. It was where I needed to be at the time and I feel like God had me there for a season and now He’s moved me on to do something different. The thing that’s been hard for me is learning to follow and listen to the Lord, because I’m such a fast-paced person that I can get ahead of Him sometimes…and I think we can all probably relate to that, too.

CCM: “Fast-paced” kind-of defines your life right now… You recently said, “I did the whole rock star thing for so long. I always felt like I was always faking it, and now I just want to be real with people.” What’s it like to be on this path, in this moment?
ZW: Even though I’m not proud of my past and the things that I’ve done, I’m not ashamed of it. I’m definitely not ashamed of who God’s made me to be, and what He’s doing. I definitely want to let people know that if anything, this is the real Zach. I did feel like a fake for so many years. I felt like I was trying to be somebody that I wasn’t.

It’s a huge honor to be where I am right now. To have this song… To know that God’s using it, it’s a dream come true. There’s so much more fulfillment in what I do now every night—the stories, little kids and moms and dads that are coming up and telling me stories about what the song’s doing in their life. It reminds me of the first time I led worship at church, and I could just close my eyes and sing songs. I didn’t feel like I was needing to be anyone else. Like now, I really felt like this was what I’m meant to do.

Just to know that God’s using little old me from nowhere in Arkansas, it’s a little bitty town. To know that He can take me, my past, and all the ugly things that I’ve done—to see Him do something beautiful, to call it righteous, and to use it for His glory… It’s not something I’m going to take for granted.