The Big Picture is the third album by CCM

Contemporary Christian music

Contemporary Christian music is a genre of modern popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith...

 artist Michael W. Smith

Michael W. Smith

Michael Whitaker Smith is a Billboard top ten Billboard Hot 100 recording artist and Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. He is one of the best-selling and most influential artists in Contemporary Christian music. Smith also has achieved a considerable amount of...

, released in 1986. The title comes from "Pursuit of the Dream," in which it's heard a few times, but also applies to the variety of themes for young people to learn about from the songs. That track instructs on pursuing goals, and other themes include the folly of escapism ("Lamu"), sexual abstinence

Sexual abstinence

Sexual abstinence is the practice of refraining from some or all aspects of sexual activity for medical, psychological, legal, social, philosophical or religious reasons.Common reasons for practicing sexual abstinence include:*poor health - medical celibacy...

 before marriage ("Old Enough to Know"), and maintaining a positive self image

Self image

A person's self-image is the mental picture, generally of a kind that is quite resistant to change, that depicts not only details that are potentially available to objective investigation by others A person's self-image is the mental picture, generally of a kind that is quite resistant to change,...

 ("You're Alright").

Track listing

1. "Lamu" – 5:55
2. "Wired for Sound" – 6:00
3. "Old Enough to Know" – 4:47
4. "Pursuit of the Dream" – 5:11
5. "Rocketown
   Rocketown
   Rocketown is a facility with entertainment space, a coffee bar, and indoor skate park, located in Nashville, Tennessee. First opening in Franklin, TN in 1994-95 by Christian artist Michael W. Smith, Rocketown was created as a safe, drug- and alcohol-free place for teenagers to hang out. After...
   
   " – 4:32
6. "Voices" – 5:50
7. "The Last Letter" – 4:37
8. "Goin' Thru the Motions" – 4:55
9. "Tearin' Down the Wall" – 3:35
10. "You're Alright" – 4:36
11. "Coda" [Untitled Instrumental Track] – :41