Walker Hayes has never been shy about his Christian faith, but now he finds it more important to talk about it than ever. The 40-year-old admits he has been struggling with the current events in the world, from the coronavirus pandemic to the heartbreaking death of George Floyd, which is why he is trusting in God, especially now.

“We need the hope of a Savior who can forgive sins, who can transform and sanctify people, who can make us as merciful to each other as He was to us,” Walker told Everything Nash. “And that is the only solution. I’m all for standing up for injustice; what happened with George Floyd makes me throw up. If I see a grown man on the ground, helpless for no apparent reason –– I don’t care what color –– that makes me sick. That makes me sad.”

Walker is deeply troubled by what is happening right now, but it is also serving to remind him of his own shortcomings.

“I’m also the murderer down the street, murdering my brother with my thoughts,” the father of six reflected. “I’m also the jealous artist watching another artist closely, hating him, but wanting to be better than him. I’m also the shortcoming parent blowing up at my kids for selfish reasons and having to apologize 3000 times. I’m just really aware right now of our shortcomings, as people, as humans –– how broken we are and how much we need a Savior. I don’t know if that makes any sense, but that’s kind of where I stand.

“As far as my faith is concerned as a parent, I just see our need for something supernatural,” he continued. “It’s wild this week. We landed some kind of ship on a satellite traveling 2000 miles per hour in space, but we cannot fix the human condition. We cannot make hate go away, and that troubles me, but I also feel like it forces me to bow to the Savior, to God, and then crave His tenderness and His mercy and His compassion to save us.”

Walker is working on new music, but he is also working on making sure his fans know where he stands about his faith.

“Humanity cannot fix humanity,” Walker urged. “Just look at history. We’ve had phenomenal people make leaps and bounds and efforts, and make glorious speeches and say amazing things. A quality has just changed obviously, for the better, over the years. But as you look at what’s going on right now, I think just the constant failure of humanity to fix itself is just powerful evidence to me that we need Jesus Christ.

“There’s a lot of people that the Lord can impact through me,” he added. “I don’t want to mess it up. I don’t want to say something wrong right now. Obviously, I want to attack racism.”

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