Just Do Something by Kevin DeYoung
Week 6: Chapter 5 — The God Who Is There
Read Chapter 5 of Just Do Something. Key passages to consider: Psalm 139:1–16; Daniel 4:35; Ephesians 1:11.
Previewing Week 6 of Just Do Something
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Before telling us what to do, DeYoung reminds us who God is — and it turns out that a right view of God's sovereignty is the single greatest antidote to decision-making anxiety.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.DeYoung anchors his entire argument in the doctrine of God's sovereignty. In your own words, how does believing that God is truly sovereign — working 'all things according to the counsel of His will' (Ephesians 1:11) — change the emotional temperature of making a big decision?
2.Psalm 139 portrays a God who knows our sitting down and rising up, who has searched and known us completely. DeYoung wants us to feel the weight of this: God is not uninvolved in our lives, anxiously waiting to see which option we pick. How does this portrait of God speak to you personally?
3.DeYoung is careful to distinguish fatalism (nothing I do matters because everything is determined) from Christian confidence in God's sovereignty (I can act freely and wisely because God governs the outcome). What is the practical difference between those two postures?
a.Have you ever collapsed this distinction — treating sovereignty as an excuse for passivity?
b.What would it look like to hold both human responsibility and divine sovereignty together in a specific decision you're facing?