Chords for John Elefante's testimony

Couldn't deny it anymore and the void
the Holy Spirit exemplified the void in my heart just like the Grand Canyon and
_ To me it took more faith not to believe than to believe
and I _
mean, it's I just couldn't go on anymore and
_ What was I going with that thought I
I
Mean it's it's been quite a journey since you know when I join the group Kansas and everything
I mean, I went through I went through some periods of my life where my head got about this big
You know suddenly or was that the hair?
Oh, yeah
Yeah _
But yeah, I went through some periods where I
guess you could say I back split a bit and
You know, you just think you're all that and you can boss people around they do whatever you want them to do and
You know, I soon I soon realized that wasn't the way either.
It's like who have I become I
Mean, this has really gone to my head.
This is just not right and
_ I
had a I
mean I [Eb] was born again when I was 20, but I came back to the Lord because I was I
[D] Started to see what what happens [C] is
complacency
Sets in very slowly.
You don't know what's happening
I've ever had a house and you pour a new driveway and you start you see a little crack
Then you [F] look at it about six months later and [Db] it's about three times as long
And in three years, it goes all the way the length of your driveway
[N]
That's kind of what complacency is like and a lot of times it's not heavy sin.
It's not drugs
It's not women or you know, whatever people are into it's the cares of the world
They just start to weigh on you so heavy
that you you walk away from your first love and you don't even realize it's happening and
that's that's the point I got to and
I
Don't want to be there anymore.
I mean I
we walk in the fence is the is the worst place to be and those are some of the most unhappy times in my life
when I was
walking that fence and
_ You know, I'm here today to share music with you because I love that's what I do and I love doing that
but I would much rather
walk away from here knowing that
20 30 people accept that Jesus Christ is our Lord and Savior or
They rededicated their lives because there's a lot of you sitting out there.
I'm not put my mission point thing
There's a lot of you sitting out there that are just kind of going through the motions just
Kind of yeah.
Yeah, when it's cool
You know tomorrow work the world starts setting in the cares of the world start weighing heavy again pretty soon
You're not letting guide God guide this decision to that decision.
You're doing it all on your own and there you're back again
and I mean I get to that place too and I have a fantastic wife of 26 years that
She keeps me in check
It's like give it to God give it to God
You know
my son with her who I love more than anything in the world is
you know, he's he's got this dream of playing in the NFL or playing in college and
He's broken five bones four or five bones in the last four years
And he hasn't completed a whole season.
I just you know, I'm giving that to God to God's got a purpose for him
it's been rough for me because he's quite an athlete but
Anyway, I've been with John the great song that we ended here with a minute ago dust in the wind
You hear Kansas was moderately successful.
Yeah I
_ _ _ Don't know how to say it [Fm] perhaps maybe
Stardom and all that [A] where was it in all that journey?
You kind of reflect [Ab] on it where where you [G] begin to as you sang that song
The reality of it [D] begin to kind of sink into your heart and you're going wow
[N] What have I got a hold of here?
That's that's not what it should be.
It's kind of dust in the wind.
Can you can you reflect on that?
Maybe a moment?
Can I take that in a slightly different direction go any direction you want down, [Ab] you know when you get to that place
like I said and you [N] reach that point where you've pretty much have anything you want and
You know you have a top five song in the country
you're traveling with the journeys and the foreigners and the hearts and all that stuff and
_ _ You know, I think when I reached the peak of my career I
Mean I went seriously.
I don't know how to demonstrate this but I just went
That's all there is that's it.
Where's the big splash?
You know, what is this?
You know this whole thing I've been talking about my when I make it, you know
I used to see my friends.
I'm gonna make it one day.
I'm gonna make it.
What is making it mean?
I
mean making it I mean
God bless
Zuckerberg yesterday Vicky.
What what is he worth 20 billion dollars now?
He's still gonna have to answer to God.
I
Mean, I don't care how much money he's got.
I mean, you know, I mean
there's nothing wrong with having things but I
Mean I got to the place where I found out that it was
It was empty.
I mean I met so many people along the way that had
way more success than I did tons of money and tons of wives and
Not at the same time, but you know just you know, they think they get one and then they're not happy with that one
They move on to the next move on the next since aren't these people supposed to be happy?
They've made it
They have by the world standards
Success
So what is six?
What really is success?
You know, that's that's the question.
I pose to you and myself.
What is success?
The only thing that's gonna matter in the end is
Whether we've accepted Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior.
That's all that's gonna matter
_ _ _ _ One other thing I wanted to add is
There's some of you out there that are saved that are definitely going to heaven, but there's some of you out there
that are not
Doing anything with it
That's that complacency.
You're just walking along, you know, and you're not doing anything with it.
I
Mean, I don't care what you do.
I don't care what your job is.
I don't care what you do.
I mean
And you don't have to preach to people every day be an example
You know be an example live
Live try to try to live, you know under Christ godly principles do something with it, please
I mean we need you guys.
I mean y'all know what's happening in the world.
It's getting pretty bad
So more than ever Christ is the answer _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
John you wrote another song
That I'm gonna ask you to sing right now
And this song a little different than probably what you would have heard Kansas sing
That's a song from John's heart.
He wrote this.
It's a song called confess and
I want you to listen to the words the call because this is an invitation