The Antidote for Anxietyಮಾದರಿ

The future doesn't really excite you. Every news cycle brings fresh reasons for concern. Every conversation about tomorrow fills you with anxiety. The unknowns feel overwhelming, and the "what-ifs" multiply faster than you can silence them.

David ends Psalm 23 with the most powerful word in the entire psalm: "Surely." Not maybe. Not hopefully. Not if things go well. Surely your goodness and love will follow me. This is absolute certainty about an uncertain future.

The Hebrew word for "follow" actually means "pursue" or "chase after." While you're worried about what might be chasing you tomorrow: failure, rejection, disaster—God's goodness and love are actually hunting you down with determined grace. The best bit: God is faster than your fears and stronger than your circumstances.

This promise isn't just about eternity one day, it's about every single day between now and forever. Tomorrow, next week, next year, every season of your life will be met by goodness and love that are actively pursuing you. They'll arrive before your problems do.

"I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever" means you never have to face tomorrow as a homeless orphan. You belong somewhere. You have a place. The anxiety about your future meets its match in the certainty of your forever home.

The antidote to anxiety isn't found in controlling your circumstances—it's found in trusting your Shepherd. No matter what tomorrow brings, His goodness and love are already there waiting for you.

Look out, God is after you.

Reflect: What specific fear about the future has been robbing your peace?

Today's Action: Write down one way you've seen God's goodness "pursue" you in the past, and thank Him for it.

Prayer: Good Shepherd, when tomorrow feels terrifying, remind me that your goodness and love are chasing after me. Help me rest in the certainty that I dwell in your house forever, no matter what the future holds.