It was one fine Wednesday afternoon. I had just eaten breakfast and was expecting to do pretty much nothing for the whole day. Suddenly, my phone rang. It was my boss Sir Jong, asking if I had a shoot that day. When he found out that I didn’t, he told me that Becca Music was looking for a photographer because they would be interviewing Louie Giglio that day. Thankfully, it was just in Oakwood in Ortigas, which was what, five to ten minutes away from my house. And of course, I said yes. XD

Who’s Louie Giglio, you ask? Well, he’s just one of the most awesome speakers I’ve ever heard in my entire life. He talks about God with such passion that it’s really impossible to just listen to him and not be moved. If you want more information, go read about Louie Giglio in Wikipedia or something. XD

I spent the next hour taking a bath, dressing up, and doing my daily readings, and then just praying to God for the great opportunity, because I wasn’t able to go to Passion Manila the night prior, the event where he talked. So anyway, when I finally met up with the people from Becca Music… it started.

He was just a very nice guy, very down-to-earth. He just started talking, and well, just by listening while taking photos, I learned things like he’s from Atlanta, he likes Coke (but it’s not his favorite drink), he pays attention to Philippine politics, he follows news about Manny Pacquiao (well, who doesn’t? XD), and the lead singer of Owl City, Adam Young, is Christian (he tweeted “He is alive” during Easter, apparently. Cool, huh? XD).

However, the most important thing I probably got that day came about when Maan (I think) asked Louie if he had any advice on how to improve the Philippine Christian music scene. Louie first said that the best piece of advice he could give was what he got from someone else (I forgot who said this): “Tune your guitar”. He then started talking about Chris Tomlin. Aside from him talking about how he was surprised when he first met Chris (surprised because… well… just because XD), Louie believes that the reason Chris Tomlin became really, REALLY big with his music was that fame didn’t matter to him. All Chris wanted to do was play music for the Lord, and wherever he was sent, no matter the number of people he was playing for, he gave it his all. Another reason was that Chris never forgot who he was mainly playing for: God. He never allowed himself to be placed on a pedestal.

What does that have to do with tuning our guitars? Well, it’s simple. “Tune your guitar” simply means to make sure what we’re doing is all for the right reasons, and that whatever we are doing, we are doing our best. If you’re doing it for fame, that will eventually disappear. If you’re doing it for money, eventually, you will no longer be the in thing, and you won’t be making money anymore. But if you’re doing it for God… well, you’ll just be surprised at where you will suddenly be. One day you could just be another garage band, the next day you can be performing

Isn’t that inspiring? We complain so many times about where God is sending us, we forget what we’re really supposed to do. No matter what your position is, no matter what you’re doing, it is important BECAUSE GOD SENT YOU THERE. God meant for you to be there for a reason. So just do whatever you are doing the best way you can, and if you do become famous, make sure to always give it back to God.

Thanks to God, Sir Jong, and Becca Music for this really great opportunity.