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THE VALUE OF LETTING GO
Pastor Jerrid Fletcher
April 12, 2026

In “The Value in Letting Go,” Pastor Jerrid walks us through one of the most honest questions we rarely stop to ask ourselves: Can I let it go? Using the story of the Rich Young Ruler in Luke 18, this message unpacks not just what we hold on to — our outcomes, our identities, our hurt, and even the versions of ourselves that existed before loss reshaped us — but more importantly, why we hold on: because it’s familiar, because we don’t fully trust God with the outcome, because letting go feels like losing, and because many of us were simply never taught how. The message introduces the theology of an open hand — the idea that a closed fist, no matter how tightly gripped, exhausts us, blocks us from receiving anything new, and ultimately reveals a trust issue dressed up as a survival instinct. Through the Identity Test — “God is not good because of what He does; God is good because of who He is” — and the concept of the broken wanter, we are challenged to examine the hidden accounts we’ve been making deposits into for years: unforgiveness, control, idolatry, and pain. Like the rich young ruler who came running with the right question and walked away sad because he couldn’t open his hand, we are each standing at a crossroads. The invitation of this message is simple and costly at the same time: open your hands, release what you were never meant to carry, and trust that what God places in open hands will always be worth what you released.

Discussion Questions

• What is the thing you walked in carrying today — the burden that was there before you even
pulled into the parking lot? Have you named it yet?

• Is your grip on it rooted in Spirit-led perseverance or fear-driven holding on? What’s the
difference in your own life, and how do you tell which one is which?

• What does your “broken wanter” look like? What account have you been making deposits into —
unforgiveness, control, pain, or something else?

• The rich young ruler called Jesus “good” but couldn’t act on it when it cost him something. Where
is the gap between what you confess on Sunday and what you actually trust God with on
Monday?

• If God is good not because of what He does but because of who He is — does that change?