43 | Matthew West Opens Up: The Exhaustion of Seeking Approval, God's Will vs. Our Will & His New Journey
Living Easy with Lindsey
Lindsey Maestas
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 24 August 2020
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Five time Grammy-nominated artist, Matthew West, is talking with Lindsey Maestas today about how listening well has changed the way he does music and the impact that powerful stories have had on his own life.
Matthew gets honest and discusses his own personal struggles with insecurity and empty striving in spite of his platform and success. They also talk about the important differentiation between seeking God's will and seeking God's stamp of approval on our will.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone I hope you are having a great day today. |
| 0:03.6 | Welcome back to the Living Easy Podcast. |
| 0:06.2 | If you're new here, the Living Easy Podcast |
| 0:08.7 | is a rapidly growing and top rated podcast |
| 0:11.2 | for strengthening marriages, finding joy in parenthood, |
| 0:15.0 | and growing in your faith. |
| 0:16.0 | I have two mottos. |
| 0:17.0 | Nothing changes if nothing changes |
| 0:20.0 | and you are more than your mess. |
| 0:22.0 | So on this podcast, we like to dig deep |
| 0:24.3 | into the hard topics with a whole lot of laughter and biblical truth. |
| 0:28.1 | My goal is to make you feel like you're having coffee |
| 0:30.3 | with a friend while also listening to conversations that will help you to thrive in |
| 0:34.9 | your life in spite of your surrounding circumstances. And so today because God is |
| 0:40.6 | good and life is just cool. |
| 0:42.8 | I spoke with five time Grammy nominated artist Matthew West. |
| 0:47.5 | I've been listening to his music for over 10 years. |
| 0:50.3 | And on today's episode, Matthew opens up |
| 0:52.4 | and talks about how listening well has changed the way he does music and the impact that people's stories have had on his own life. |
| 1:00.0 | We discuss his own personal struggles with insecurity and his striving. |
| 1:04.2 | In spite of his platform and success, I really loved the entirety of this conversation, but |
| 1:09.3 | one piece of wisdom that I took away was his differentiation between seeking God's |
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