Psalm 23:4b-5

Written Feb.-Mar. 1999

Psalm 23

4b FOR THOU ART WITH ME;

Everything will be okay because THOU art with me! You say to me, "My presence shall GO WITH THEE, and I will give thee REST." (Ex. 33:14) You promise to GO WITH ME...through my suffering...and to the mission field - if that's where you lead me. May I be able, by Your grace, to embrace my suffering and apply this wonderful verse to my life today -


"Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing as unto a faithful Creator". (I Peter 4:19)

By Your grace, I can commit my soul to You for THOU ART WITH ME. Hallelujah! Thank-You for these promises today!

5a THOU PREPAREST A TABLE BEFORE ME IN THE PRESENCE OF MINE ENEMIES:

Your WORD is my table! Your WORD is my feast!

"(Your) Word is the place of COMMUNION. (You stand) forth from (Your) Word. What we long for is (You)! Where shall we meet (You)? Where (do you) reveal Yourself? The answer is given in 1 Samuel 3:21: "The LORD revealed Himself to Samuel at Shiloh by the word of the LORD." (You are) met and known, and loved, and enjoyed "by the WORD OF THE LORD."
(Quote by Piper - emphasis mine)

Hallelujah! You PREPARE a feast for me! Each day You are PREPARING for me a "tidbit" of spiritual truth...a promise...a verse to "hang on to". Yesterday You said to me "My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest." What comfort that was for me! And so that I
can go on TODAY, surely You are preparing for me another feast of spiritual truth from Your Holy Word. In the presence of all my enemies, the devil and his demons as well as others, You specially PREPARE for me a feast...a FEAST...food for the day...so that I will have spiritual strength to carry on. Thank-You, Lord! And so what is Your Word to me today?

5b THOU ANOINTEST MY HEAD WITH OIL, MY CUP RUNNETH OVER.

Anointest - Strong's definition - "To be fat, fig. (TO SATISFY)

"Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the OIL OF GLADNESS..." (Ps. 45:7)

Ah, this is Your special Word...Your feast for me today! You will anoint me with the OIL OF GLADNESS, and how I need it!!! Let it be mine today in the power of Your Holy Spirit!

When Your "feast" is set before me and I eat of it, it is the MEANS that brings about the anointing of Your Spirit which flows down over me. When my cup runs over I am full of Thee, and I am SATISFIED! Hallelujah!