Page 141: Mike Weaver: Big Daddy Weave lead singer finds success doesn't solve insecurity
The Unfolding
Northwestern Media
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🗓️ 11 November 2022
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Despite what we often believe, success doesn't solve the problem of insecurity. Mike Weaver is the lead singer of Big Daddy Weave. For more than 20 years, the band has experienced amazing success – awards, gold and platinum records, and #1 songs. They've toured across the U.S. and beyond. But all that affirmation wasn't enough to quiet an inner critic. For Mike Weaver, he was never enough.
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| 0:00.0 | Page 141 of the unfolding is the story of Mike Weaver. |
| 0:05.0 | Really what's on the line is this thing that had never been settled in my heart about just being okay with me. |
| 0:10.7 | And that was when I figured out how to say it. |
| 0:12.9 | I was like, I hate this. |
| 0:15.1 | And then it was like, nope, that's not quite it. |
| 0:17.3 | No, I hate me. |
| 0:18.6 | I hate me. |
| 0:20.5 | God's story has been unfolding. Since the beginning |
| 0:25.1 | of time. He invites you to be a part of it. Another page in the unfolding. |
| 0:48.7 | Hey, this is Meredith Foster. |
| 0:55.5 | As I've grown older, one of the experiences that seems almost universal is the challenge to believe what God says about us is actually true. Because of the finished work of Jesus on the cross, we are |
| 1:01.6 | enough. We're loved, exactly as we are. For many, it's a struggle to believe that. Insecurity runs so |
| 1:08.2 | deep that even the most impressive forms of success can't bridge that gap in our hearts. |
| 1:14.3 | Mike Weaver is a songwriter and lead singer of the band Big Daddy Weave. |
| 1:18.6 | They have seen amazing success in an industry where artists are often one album and done. |
| 1:24.8 | They've been releasing music for more than 20 years. They've collected multiple |
| 1:28.8 | nominations and awards and gold and platinum records. They've toured and performed across the |
| 1:34.5 | U.S. and beyond. But all of that affirmation wasn't enough to silence the inner critic. For Mike |
| 1:40.2 | Weaver, he was never enough. I was so blessed to have a family that just was in pursuit |
| 1:45.9 | of the Lord. My dad specifically, and I know a lot of people, they can't necessarily say that |
| 1:50.6 | about their dad. And I feel like even in our society, sometimes that's the missing figure sometimes, |
| 1:57.2 | is that that dad in the house who is like leading the family in a pursuit of Jesus. |
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