Questions for Staying Grounded in Times of Chaos

Questions for Staying Grounded in Times of Chaos

Psalm 23 NASB

1 The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. 3 He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness For His name’s sake. 4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. 5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You have anointed my head with oil; My cup overflows. 6 Surely goodness and lovingkindness will follow me all the days of my life, And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
 

Psalm 42:1-2 NASB

1 As the deer pants for the water brooks,

So my soul pants for You, O God. 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God;
 

Psalm 42:3-5 NASB

3 My tears have been my food day and night, While they say to me all day long,

“Where is your God?” 4 These things I remember and I pour out my soul within me. For I used to go along with the throng and lead them in procession to the house of God, With the voice of joy and thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival. 5 Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why have you become disturbed within me? Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him For the help of His presence.
 

Psalm 42:5a NASB

5 Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why have you become disturbed within me?
 

Psalm 42:5b-6a NASB

5 Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him For the help of His presence. O my God, my soul is [k]in despair within me;

Therefore I remember You…
 

Psalm 23:6a NASB

6 Surely goodness and lovingkindness will follow me
 

1) My Beliefs - What am I Certain of?
 

2) My Beloved - Who Is Chasing Me?
 

Psalm 23:6a NASB

6 Surely goodness and lovingkindness will follow me
 

Psalm 23:6a NLT

6 Surely your goodness and unfailing love will pursue me all the days of my life

3) My Belonging - Whose Child Am I?

Psalm 23:6 NIV

6 Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
 

Galatians 4:7 NIV

7 So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir.
 

Luke 15:11-19 NIV

11 Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons. 12 The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them. 13 “Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country nd there squandered his wealth in wild living. 14 After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need. 15 So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs. 16 He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything. 17 “When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death! 18 I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. 19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.’

Luke 15:20 NIV

20 So he got up and went to his father. “But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.

Luke 15:21-24 NIV

21 “The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’ 22 “But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. 23 Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let’s have a feast and celebrate. 24 For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ So they began to celebrate.
 

Isaiah 64:6a NIV

6 All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags
 

Isaiah 61:10a NIV

10 I delight greatly in the Lord; my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness

Galatians 4:7 NIV

7 So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir.
 

Questions for Reflection & Study

1. What am I certain of?

2. Who or what is chasing me?

3. Whose child am I?