The psalm this coming Sunday is a familiar one: Psalm 23. This morning I was chewing on this one verse: You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.
I have been puzzling over what the psalmist means. Here’s a few possibilities I’ve thought about:
1) God is going to spread a feast before me, and my “enemies” will just have to watch me eat and be envious…Na-Nana-Na-Na.
2) In spite of my personal demons and sinful ways, which are enemies in a different sense, God feeds me, body and soul, physically and spiritually, graciously and richly. Thanks be to a merciful God!
3) Anyone whom I have ever considered an enemy, a problem, or an annoyance is going to join me at the table God prepares. There all of us will be reconciled to one another, and we will have a blast as one family at the feast God gives us. God is awesome!
So which option makes sense to you?
Joseph says
I always looked as this verse saying; The Lord would feed me: His Word, His Knowledge, Give me His Strength…. to fend off, out smart or conquer the enemy as He sees fit.
Elaine Dent says
Feeds me so I don’t get overwhelmed;gives respite even with something lurking around the boulder up ahead. That’s good, Joe. Now we have 4 ways of thinking about it.