Asking myself questions helps me to tune into what God might be saying to me.  The questions came fast as I thought about Psalm 23 the last several weeks.  I’m still pondering and these are some that are helping me ponder.

• Am I trusting today that the Lord is my shepherd?
• Am I looking around to others to get my needs met or to the Lord who is my shepherd?
• Do I trust the order of Psalm 23 that when I need the green pastures, then my next need is the still waters AND ONLY THEN the paths of righteousness?
• If I would insert myself into Psalm 23, where would I be … in the green pastures; beside the still waters; experiencing His leading in the paths of righteousness; experiencing His rod and staff; at the table; etc?
• OK, when I know where I am.  Can I discern the next step?
• What do the green pastures and/or the still waters look like for me?
• Is my soul in a place of restoration?
• Am I trusting that the hard things in my life right now are not affecting His paths of righteousness for me?
• Can other people answer these questions for me?

I think I know the answer to that last question.  Sometimes, but not often.   My gut feeling is most of the time I need to answer them for myself.  And I’m working on that.

What helps you ponder the truths of Scripture?

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.  For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, it will be opened. … how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!”
Matthew 7:7 – 11