Jonathan David Helser
Walk through the Walls [Extended Versions]
Vol. II of the Reward Sessions
Three days after Jesus was crucified, the disciples were locked in a room
hiding in fear. They thought their story was coming to end, but really it
was just about to begin. All of a sudden, Jesus walked
through the walls and said, "Peace be unto you, just as the Father
sent me I am sending you", and then He breathed on them the
Holy Spirit. The men who had fearfully locked themselves in that
room came out and changed the world.
As we began the "The Reward Sessions" we had only planned on tracking
one album, but Jesus hijacked our plan with His dream.
When we thought the songs were coming to an end, Jesus walked
through the walls of the studio and we realized the songs were
just beginning. The songs that we thought would only last a few minutes
turned into fifteen minute experiences. "The Reward Sessions"
are the sounds of an experience with the One who is more
real than walls we build around ourselves.
This collection of songs is from a journey my wife and I have been on
for the last eight years. These songs were found in the middle of storms
when it seemed God had left us, but then we suddenly realized He was right
there in the boat with us. These songs were forged in a wilderness of
suffering and in a battle against sickness. Just as Jehosephat's army
sang in the middle of what seemed to be an impossible battle, these
melodies have become our victory . We chose to close these two volumes
with a track called "Amy's song". This song came in the middle of one
of the most intense circumstances we have ever been a part of. Two of
our closest friends lost their baby girl, Amy, before she came into
this world. Months after she was gone, the Lord allowed me to hear
Amy's song from heaven. I wept over the keys of our upright piano
as I heard her song of hope coming from the streets of gold. The Father
began "The Reward Sessions" singing that would never give up on us,
and He closed them with heaven's song to never stop holding on.
Jonathan David Helser October 2008
