Hold

Let Tomorrow Be

There comes a point when you have done everything you know to do.

You have prayed about it. Thought through every possibility. Made the calls. Asked the questions. Tried to make wise decisions. Maybe you have even gone back through everything one more time just to make sure there wasn’t something you missed.

I know that place pretty well.

I tend to believe that if I keep looking long enough, I will eventually find one more option. One more thing to try. One more door I haven’t checked yet.

That is really where “Hold” began.

One of the first lines that became important to me was:

I’ve made the calls, I’ve prayed it through
Done everything I know to do
And now I’m sitting with the truth

I’ve run out of moves.

At first, “I’ve run out of moves” can sound like defeat.

But I don’t think that is what it means here.

Sometimes reaching the end of what we know to do is the moment we finally recognize the difference between our responsibility and God’s.

We are responsible for praying, seeking wisdom, making thoughtful decisions, and taking the steps God puts in front of us. We are not responsible for controlling everything that happens after that.

And that can be a difficult place to stay.

Anything can feel better than standing still. When nothing seems to be changing, the temptation is to start searching for another answer simply because doing something feels better than doing nothing.

That struggle became another part of the song:

Anything feels better than standing still
So I keep looking for another way
But maybe faith is staying here
Trusting You when the road’s unclear.

Sometimes faith absolutely means moving.

Other times, faith means resisting the urge to move just because we are uncomfortable.

There is a difference between moving because God is leading and moving because anxiety is pushing.

Scripture for Reflection

Psalm 37:7 begins with a simple instruction:

“Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him…”

And Jesus reminds us in Matthew 6:34 not to carry tomorrow before it gets here.

I like to paraphrase that reminder this way:

Don’t carry tomorrow today. Trust God with what comes next. Today has enough of its own.

That thought became the heart of “Hold.”

Not wait in the sense of sitting around helplessly.

Hold.

Hold onto God.

Hold onto what you already know to be true when your mind wants answers you don’t have yet.

Hold your position when you know you have prayed, used wisdom, and done what you can.

That is why there are heartbeats before the word Hold in the song. I wanted those moments to feel stripped down to almost nothing—because sometimes that is exactly what life feels like. The noise settles, the plans run out, and all that is left is the decision to stay close to God.

Hold
When I want to run ahead

Hold
When worry fills my head

Hold
I only need Your grace
For the day that’s in front of me.

One line in the bridge probably says the lesson most clearly for me:

I won’t force another door
Just to feel like I’m moving.

I need that reminder.

A closed door does not always need to be pushed harder. Silence does not always need to be filled. Every unanswered question does not have to be solved tonight.

Sometimes there really isn’t another move to make yet.

And maybe that is okay.

The chorus became my answer to that uncertainty:

You’ve gone ahead of me
You see what I cannot see
I don’t need to know what’s next
I can trust You with the rest

So I’ll hold on to You
And let tomorrow be.

That phrase—let tomorrow be—doesn’t mean tomorrow doesn’t matter.

It doesn’t mean ignoring responsibilities, pretending problems aren’t real, or refusing to make a decision when one needs to be made.

For me, it means recognizing how much time I can spend trying to carry things that haven’t even happened yet.

Tomorrow will come soon enough.

God hasn’t asked me to live there today.

So this song is for the person who has reached that strange place somewhere between:

“I’ve done everything I know to do.”

and

“God, I guess this part belongs to You.”

When God gives you a step, take it. Walk through the doors He opens, and be willing to change direction when He leads somewhere different.

There will also be times when you have prayed, sought wisdom, and still cannot see a clear next move. In those moments, you do not have to invent one simply because standing still feels uncomfortable.

Sometimes the faithful response is simply to hold onto God, trust that He can see farther down the road than you can, and receive the grace He has given you for this day instead of demanding answers for the next ten.

Maybe, for today, that really is enough.

Hold onto God.

Let tomorrow be.