Faith & Spirit Quote by Michael W. Smith

There’s an almost marketer’s awe in Michael W. Smith’s line: “I think there’s a passion for God like never before.” It’s not a doctrinal claim so much as a mood report, the kind a touring musician can deliver with credibility because his career has been built on reading rooms and translating longing into choruses. “I think” softens the statement into testimony rather than proclamation, inviting listeners to share a perception instead of submitting to a verdict. Then “like never before” does the heavy lifting: a revivalist superlative that turns personal feeling into historical momentum.

The subtext is less about measuring faith and more about naming appetite. “Passion” is strategically chosen: it’s emotional, bodily, even romantic, a word that dodges the institutional baggage of “religion” while still pointing to transcendence. In contemporary Christian music, that framing matters. The genre has long functioned as an alternative public square for believers who feel drowned out in mainstream culture; claiming unprecedented passion is a way of reasserting relevance without picking a direct fight.

Contextually, Smith sits at the intersection of worship and pop professionalism. His audience often experiences God through music first - through communal singing, through the swell of a bridge, through the permission to feel intensely in public. The line flatters that experience, suggesting the crowd’s emotion isn’t just real; it’s epochal. That’s why it works: it turns a concert’s atmosphere into a sign of the times, converting sensation into significance.