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attempts of the enemy to blowout my bridge have come from #1, my own perceived failures and insecurities and #2, people.” Going deeper, Jason reflects on how God has shaped his thoughts: “As recent as January of this year, I contemplated for the first time in a very long time taking my own life. The first time I thought ending my life was the next thing I would do was in 2006. Honestly, in the past taking my own life was always an option lingering in the back of my mind. But God showed me in 2006 that people were counting on me to be who God created me to be and do what He had called me to do. Understanding that I am needed and that there was more work for me to do really opened my eyes. God deposited something in me that day. Words to live by: ‘The accountability for so many people can literally save your life.’ With those words, I now understand that if I had died, there were people who would suffer as a result. God revealing that to me is what kept me alive in 2006, and it is what is keeping me alive today.” Jason has traversed a steep, dark chasm, moving from depression and suicidal thoughts to now being used by God to ensure that opportunities exist outside the four walls of the church for people to be a part of His energy, which sets the atmosphere for miracles as depicted in 2 Chronicles 5:12-14. Jason shares that, “It is a humbling experience. Truthfully, the Lord showed me years ago what I was supposed to do. Now, as a choir director that gets hired out for tours, I put choirs together for everything from television and film to live shows. That in and of itself is a blessing.” Jason McGee is an instrument God uses for people to cross over into the Kingdom of God. Though he has battled with feelings of inadequacy and being unseen, unheard, and unnoted, God has sanctioned Jason McGee’s presence to be felt throughout the world. The gift of Jason McGee is a true representation of 2 Chronicles 5:12–14. It is important to know that God’s glory is not an automatic feature built into the fabric of church. In fact, throughout the Bible, God’s glory is very discrete in where it rests. As churches continue to push choirs out, God has built a space, center stage, on the platforms of the world where His presence can freely enter the temple. It’s a new day for the choir! No longer bound by stained glass windows, rooftop steeples, Sunday morning bulletins … or revered as optional background support. “It’s been a tug of war between understanding that; what I have gone through and what God has taken me to is a beautiful and necessary tension of where I never got a moment to sit back, relax, and take it all in. I had

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to figure out the next thing. I would not be a touring choir director with Kirk Franklin and Maverick City Music if not for the struggles of my past. If not for what I have been through, I wouldn’t be the person you see on the frontline for the Kingdom of God. I needed to feel unseen so that I could see the unseen.”

THE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR PEOPLE CAN LITERALLY SAVEYOUR LIFE. As one final note to drive the point home, go to YouTube and pull up the site Revelation 19:1 by Maverick City Gospel Choir featuring Naomi Raine. If you are like me, you may have seen this video before but never saw Jason McGee with the choir before, musicians to the left and right of him, with the congregation and lead singer to the back of him. As the choir director, Jason commands the room, drawing out the sound from all sources to produce the unity spoken of in the scriptures. This video is a clear depiction of 2 Chronicles 12–14 under the anointed leadership of Jason McGee. Through the sharing of his story, now MB Magazine and its readers understand the fight and how we collectively need to pray for and cover Jason McGee as he continues bringing heaven to earth through praise.


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