Psalms: Revel in the Good Shepherd

Psalm 23 invites us to revel in God by reveling in His name, in His care for us, and in His house. In the Lord, we have all that we need, He restores our souls, and guides us on the right path. As sheep, our only job is to stay close to the Good Shepherd.

Reflection Questions

• When you heard that we were going to be learning about Psalm 23 what came up in your heart? Excitement? Peace? Boredom? Frustration?
  

• In what ways has this Psalm been beautiful to you in the past? In what new ways has this Psalm become beautiful to you after hearing this message?
  

• How did you resonate with the line from the anti-Psalm 23 “Hell is also myself, it’s a living death and then I die?” When has that been true for you and how did you get out of that season?
  

• When you hear that there is a good shepherd who is pursuing you, how do you react in the deep parts of your heart? How have you believed it? How have you experienced it?
  

• Reflecting on the quote, “worthiness loses its significance,” what would it look like for you to let a self centered sense of worthiness go and instead center it in the promises of this Psalm and the the promises of the Shepherd?
  

• What has contentment in the shepherd in the midst of the desert looked like for you? How do you hope for it to look?
  

• What would it look like for God to live up to his name in your life? How has he in the past and how do you hope he will in the future?
  

• What tiny paths of righteousness has he carved for you? As you look back in your life with him, what do you see?
  

• When you get down on yourself and your own process of sanctification and growth, what has helped encourage you and help you fix your eyes on him again?