"You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil, my cup runneth over."
(Psalm 23:5)
I want you to take notice that what God does for David and for everyone
whom He shepherds, as revealed in this verse, He does in the presence of
our enemies. It's important to understand that the presence of our enemies
does not prevent God from blessing us, providing for us, and doing
all that He's promised for us.
So many times when we are confronted with opposition and danger and
problems and pressures, our attitude would be: "If it weren't for the danger,
if it weren't for the opposition, if it weren't for the pressures, I know God
could help me, I know God could bless me." But I want you to understand
that God delights to bless us most in the midst of the pressures. It's in the
presence of our enemies that God provides His banquet for us.
And then He says to the enemies, "This is my provision for My child. You
can't touch it, you can't harm them, you can't take it from them." He provides
a table, He anoints our head with oil, the oil of joy in the Holy Spirit, and our
cup overflows. So, far from being deprived by the pressures of our enemies,
our abundance increases in the midst of the pressure
because the Lord is with us.
He is our Shepherd.
"God's Banquet Table"
Derek Vaughn Prince
(1915-2003)
American Bible teacher
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