Jonathan McReynolds on Why Lasting Joy Comes from Christ, Not Grammy Wins

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When gospel singer Jonathan McReynolds won his first Grammy in 2022, he didn't celebrate for weeks on end. He was thankful for the recognition, to be sure, but he quickly shifted his focus to the next project, the next album, the next tour. 

That's the way he was built. That's also, he says, the way God wants His children to respond. McReynolds says his identity isn't in awards.  

"Our identity is in our Sonship, the Daughterhood, the things that we don't actually have to earn, the things that we cannot lose," McReynolds told Crosswalk Headlines. 

 

McReynolds is known to music fans as the voice behind such hits as One Hallelujah, God Is Good, and Movin On, having won multiple Stellar and Dove Awards while taking home two Grammys along the way. He's received eight Grammy nominations.

But McReynolds asserts in his new book that Christians learn more in the valleys of life, not on the mountaintop. In fact, he says, believers sometimes have a distorted view of mountains and valleys. The book is titled, Before You Climb Any Higher: Valley Wisdom for Mountain Dreams.

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