Go with Him

I wrote "Go with Him" after a Sunday where I honestly did not feel like sitting still.

I was in church, but my mind was already somewhere else. It felt like every problem in life had decided to show up at the same time. I remember sitting there with that anxious pressure building, the kind where you feel like if you do not get up and start fixing things immediately, everything is going to get worse. Part of me wanted to leave after the first couple of minutes and go try to solve all of it.

But I felt the Spirit tell me to sit down, calm my heart, and listen.

That sounds simple, but in that moment it did not feel simple. It felt almost impossible. When your mind is racing, stillness can feel like wasting time. When life feels heavy, listening can feel passive. But I stayed there. I tried to quiet myself enough to hear what God might be trying to say.

Then a young man got up and gave a talk about optimism.

He started talking about how he had found more of God's presence and guidance as he focused on being optimistic. And the timing of that message hit me hard, because I was sitting there in my own pessimism. I was surrounded by thoughts that were anxious, negative, and heavy, and then I heard words of optimism start coming out of his mouth.

It felt like God was answering me in real time. It was a small and simple invitation: choose optimism right here. Choose to look for Me right here. Choose not to worship the negativity of this moment.

That is where the song came from.

The line between optimism and pessimism can feel small, but it is not meaningless. Sometimes choosing optimism is not pretending everything is fine. It is choosing not to give fear the final word. It is choosing not to let the world train your heart to expect the worst from every situation. It is choosing to believe that God is still present, still guiding, and still working, even when the circumstances around you feel unresolved.

That is what I mean when the song says:

"Small and simple, follow Him. Don't get lost in all of it."

That is exactly what I almost did. I almost got lost in all of it. Lost in the pressure and the over analysis. I was resorting to the need to fix everything immediately. I felt pulled into the pessimism that can feel so natural when life gets hard.

But the Spirit did not tell me to solve everything that day. He told me to sit down and listen.

That was the small and simple thing.