The Courage to Let Go

In this message, Matt walks through Daniel 2, where a teenage exile named Daniel is thrust into a life-or-death crisis under a hostile, often ruthless king. Rather than seizing control or fighting back, Daniel serves, prays, and repeatedly hands the credit — and the outcome — back to God. Matt challenges a common assumption: that courage means taking control. Daniel's story suggests something harder — that real courage is often found in giving up control and trusting God with the outcome. Drawing on his own ongoing struggle with control in his marriage, parenting, and leadership, Matt invites listeners to ask where in their own lives they're gripping tightly to something only God was ever meant to hold