Gary E. Davis: Bio

Gary E. Davis

When I was a kid, I used to love to listen to my dad sing. He didn’t sing very often but when he did I wanted so desperately to be just like him. I tried to sing along with him but I was not even close to being as gifted as he was, so somewhere along the way I guess that I just stopped trying. I’m sure the fact that I was so shy that I really didn’t want anyone to hear me sing made it even easier to give up trying.

I grew up loving music but never pursued it myself because I was sure that I just didn’t have the gift that other people seemed to have. I was so envious of the people that I heard singing on the radio and I wished that I could sing like them. Unfortunately, I was so sure that I never could that I never really tried. I know that this sounds so pathetic but I’m embarrassed to admit that it is totally true. I was well into my 40s before I ever sang a single note loud enough for another person to hear.

When I reached my mid 40s I took an inventory of my life and realized that I had made a complete mess out of my life. I had not accomplished any of my childhood dreams and unfortunately I had not replaced them with new ones. I was allowing life to just happen to me instead of trying to make a life for myself. I started looking for the true meaning of life but I had no clue where to look. It was during my seeking that I remembered back to when I was very young and how happy I was when my dad and I would go to church and he would sing. I started going to church once in a while but things kept getting in the way from making a true commitment to going regularly. In spite of myself, God kept tugging on my heart and I finally learned the truth about having a lasting relationship with Jesus Christ and I have never looked back since. God has done a major overhaul of my life and I am happy to say that music is now a huge part of it.

I certainly never knew that God had placed a hidden treasure in me that I was supposed to find. I’m sure that I was supposed to have found it years ago, but I refuse to feel sorry for myself for the time lost and I try to concentrate only on the time left. If I do ever start to feel down I just ask myself "what if I had never found God’s gift?" Now that would be a true tragedy. God gave the gift of music, but music is nothing if it is not shared with people. I am using all of my energies to allow as many people as possible hear what I know in my heart came from God. God’s words put to music should never be kept a secret. They have changed my life and I hope they will change others also.

My prayer for everyone is that we all are able to find that place in our hearts where God has deposited the only thing that will ever give us peace and meaning to our lives. It will be different for each of us, but when we find it we will finally know exactly who we are and why we are here. I am certainly not saying that I am totally there yet by any means, but I am willing and able to let God continue to show me more about myself everyday and I hope that you will all join me in that endeavor.
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The following is the inspiration for the song Gary wrote for his DVD Music Video:

How “GOD CAN MAKE A WAY”

This song was truly a gift from God into my life. My wife, Ginger, and I had planned a vacation to Hawaii to celebrate our first year wedding anniversary. Actually, this trip was a combined honeymoon and anniversary since we had been unable to take a real honeymoon the previous year. This was also going to be our first trip ever to Hawaii. We both had dreamed of visiting there ever since we were children, but neither one of us had ever made that dream come true. We chose the island of Maui based on recommendations from many of our friends, however, the biggest reason, was because my music producer, Chris Pati, had a recording studio there. I was sure that this island paradise might inspire me to write this new song and, as usual, God did not let me down.

It took only a few days in Maui for God give me this song, which just touched my heart, in a way like no other song had ever done. When I had finished writing the song and had practiced singing it a few times, I began praying to God to thank him for His wonderful gift of this song. I asked God why I couldn’t write the song prior to coming to Maui. I believe that He then reminded me that all the islands of Hawaii were originally volcanic mountains which were hidden below the water. God, in His infinite wisdom, finally allowed these volcanoes to erupt. Normally the lava, dust and smoke emitted by these volcanoes would be devastating to everything within many miles. God, however, used these volcanoes to create these islands, which most people would agree to be one of the most beautiful places on earth. I still wasn’t sure just what God’s explanation meant to me personally, or even to this song, so I asked Him again: “Why me, and why Maui.” I believe that God then spoke these words to me:

“Just as I could make a paradise from that which appeared to be nothing, by adding fire, dust and ash, so can I rebuild the lives of my children. There was a hidden treasure below the surface of the water that only I could see and bring out, and the same is true of all of my children. All I ask of them is that they take all the smoldering embers, dust and ashes, that they have made of their own lives, and surrender them to me. If they will give to me their heartaches, their sickness, their failures, and their broken dreams, then I can bring out their own hidden treasure, which I placed within them when I first created them. I will finally be able to heal them and set them free once and for all.”

I then knew right away why it had to be me who wrote this song for God. My life had been a twisted mess of failures and heartaches before I finally surrendered and allowed God to take control. My prayer is that everyone will make the only choice that will set them free and agree that “GOD CAN MAKE A WAY.”