Melodies of Mercy: “God Turn It Around” – Jon Reddick

Jon Reddick’s God Turn It Around was born in a quiet, honest moment with his father — two voices sharing the weight of life’s struggles and the hope that God is still moving. From that conversation came a song whose prayer beats like a drum: God, turn it around. Jon wrote it to repeat, because when you’re pleading with Heaven, you don’t whisper once — you stay, you press in, you keep saying the words until they feel like part of your own breath. Released in a world aching for hope, it became a banner over broken places, declaring that “all of my hope is in the name of Jesus” and that He is “moving mountains… making a way… right now.”

Though God turned me around — changed me — He made a change in me I can’t deny. But there’s still one prayer that burns in my chest: Lord, give me my family back. Heal what’s broken. Move the mountain that stands between us. I know You can. I’ve seen You do the impossible before, and I believe You can turn this around.

Every time I sing along, I’m standing in that same space — between the pain I carry and the promise I believe. Scripture holds me steady: “For I know the plans I have for you… plans to give you hope and a future” (Jeremiah 29:11). And I remember the words of Jesus: “If you have faith as small as a mustard seed… you can say to this mountain, ‘Move,’ and it will move” (Matthew 17:20).

Until the day I see His answer, I’ll keep lifting this prayer — not as a question, but as a declaration. Because I believe the God who turned me around will one day turn this around too.

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