Your Way is Better
Psalm 84:10 — A single day in your courts is better than a thousand anywhere else! I would rather be a gatekeeper in the house of my God than live the good life in the homes of the wicked.
He’s sitting in a coffee shop with his laptop open, but nothing is getting done.
Forrest Frank stares at a glowing screen while his mind runs ahead of him—unfinished assignments, rising expectations, a low-grade anxiety humming in the background. The music is off now. It isn’t helping. What he can’t ignore is the truth settling in his chest: he’s exhausted from trying to hold everything together.
Forrest grew up around church. Faith was familiar—songs, language, the rhythm of it all—but it never moved from his head to his life. By the time he reached Baylor University, confusion about belief followed him everywhere. College has a way of magnifying old insecurities. Comparison gets louder. Pressure builds. Everyone else looks like they know where they’re going, and Forrest feels stuck, spinning his wheels.
He tries to outrun the unease by staying busy, productive, impressive. But peace never comes. Sitting there with his coffee going cold, he realizes how tired he is of carrying the weight alone. The harder he tries to make life work on his terms, the heavier it feels.
That’s when the thought comes—quiet, inconvenient, easy to dismiss.
Go to church.
It’s a Wednesday night. This isn’t part of his plan. Still, he listens. He closes the laptop, leaves the coffee shop, and walks into a service without expecting anything to change.
People are singing. Hands are raised. Voices are imperfect but sincere. Forrest stands there unsure what he’s even hoping for.
But God meets him there.
The weight on his shoulders begins to lift. The tightness in his chest loosens. It feels like coming up for air after holding your breath too long. For the first time, insecurity doesn’t get the final word. He stops trying to manage everything himself and starts trusting God instead.
After the service, a woman he’s never met approaches him. She tells him she had a dream—one where Forrest is making music that points people back to God.
At the time, it doesn’t make sense. Forrest hasn’t written a single faith-centered song. Still, her words stay with him. That night becomes a turning point.
He keeps making music, but something has shifted. He obsesses over melody and structure, layering sound carefully, studying culture, blending hip-hop, pop, and gospel because he wants the music to be honest—not boxed in, not forced.
Success comes. Platforms grow. Opportunities open. But they’re no longer the goal. Surrender is. Letting God use what he creates becomes the point.
You can hear it in his song Your Way Is Better.
Forrest understood that all the options he chased—the good life, the right image, the next win—were never enough to quiet his soul. Just like the Psalmist who said “Better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere.”
Most people have their own coffee shop moment—the place where the noise gets loud enough that surrender becomes an option. What happens next matters. Sometimes the bravest thing you can do is listen, take one small, unplanned step toward God, and let Him reshape everything.
Because when you’re overwhelmed by the weight of trying to manage your own life, you discover that one moment in God’s presence is better than a thousand spent chasing everything else.
A MOMENT TO REFLECT
- Where are you currently trying to hold everything together on your own?
- What “thousand elsewhere” are you chasing that still hasn’t brought peace?
- When was the last time you intentionally stepped into God’s presence without an agenda?
- Is there a quiet nudge from God you’ve been dismissing because it wasn’t part of your plan?
- What might change if you truly believed that one day with Him is better than any success without Him?
LYRICS:
[Verse 1]
When I’m overwhelmed within
From the weight of all my sin
I need a friend to call my own
I need a house to call my home
When I’m broken down inside
And there’s nowhere else to hide
I need a place where I feel known
Can someone help me?
Then I hear your reply
Bringing teardrops to my eyes
Saying I’m not alone
[Chorus]
Oh Lord, I need you now more than ever
Would you put my heart back together
I searched the world till my hеad hurt
Just to find out your way’s better
Oh-oh, your ways bettеr
Oh-oh, your ways better
Oh, Lord, your ways better
Jesus, your ways better
[Verse 2]
Lord, I am so thankful for the ways that you blessed me
Everything you say making waves like a jetski
You love every part of me, even when I was messy
Now I see the heart in your beauty
So, I can finally sing Jehovah-Jireh provider
Your way always gets me higher
Even on my darkest days, you’re a lighter
My Messiah
[Chorus: Forrest Frank & Choir]
Oh Lord, I need you now more than ever
Would you put my heart back together
I searched the world till my head hurt
Just to find out your way’s better
Oh-oh, your ways better
Oh-oh, your ways better
Oh, Lord, your ways better
Jesus (Mmm)
Lord, I need you now more than ever
Would you put my heart back together
I searched the world till my head hurt
Just to find out your way’s better
Oh-oh, your ways better
Oh-oh, your ways better
Oh, Lord, your ways better
Jesus, your ways better
[Outro]
Ohh-ohh, your ways better
Ohh-ohh, your ways better
Ohh-ohh, your ways better
Jesus, your ways better
It’s better, better, better
It’s better, better, better
It’s better, better, better
It’s better than the rest
LYRICS:
Better Is One Day
Verse 1
How lovely is Your dwelling place
O Lord almighty
For my soul longs and even faints for You
For here my heart is satisfied
Within Your presence
I sing beneath the shadow of Your wings
Chorus
Better is one day in Your courts
Better is one day in Your house
Better is one day in Your courts
Than thousands elsewhere
(Than thousands elsewhere)
Verse 2
One thing I ask and I would seek
To see Your beauty
To find You in the place
Your glory dwells
(REPEAT)
Bridge
My heart and flesh cry out
For You the living God
Your Spirit’s water to my soul
I’ve tasted and I’ve seen
Come once again to me
I will draw near to You
I will draw near to You to You
Bridge
Better is one day better is one day
Better is one day than thousands elsewhere
Better is one day better is one day
Better is one day than thousands elsewhere
Facedown
Chorus
And I’ll fall facedown
As Your glory shines around
Yes I’ll fall facedown
As Your glory shines around
Bridge
So let Your glory shine around
Let Your glory shine around
King of glory here be found
King of glory
Written by Matt Redman
