In this sense, the Lord’s supernatural feast becomes even more amazing. ![]() He will attack you physically and spiritually and stir up trouble for you among your human enemies. You will also be marked as a target by the devil. In any case, if you have set your heart to follow Jesus, you will be an offense to many, including fleshly Christians. You may have an abundance of them because your sphere of influence is broader. You may have only a few human enemies because you move in a small circle. David’s fleshly enemies caused him to cry, “Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me” (Psalm 143:9). When Jesus tells us to “love your enemies,” he is talking about people in our life who have become tools used by Satan to make us miserable. Yet many of our enemies are not from hell. When David speaks of his “strong enemy” in Psalm 18, he is talking about demonic hordes who hate him because of his strong walk with the Lord: “He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me” (Psalm 18:17). Jesus tells us, “The enemy.is the devil” (Matthew 13:39). These represent the devil and all his hellish principalities and powers. In the 23rd Psalm, David is referring to demonic enemies. Who are these enemies? In biblical terms, there are two kinds of enemies: the demonic kind and the human kind. Now they have been ordered to watch as you feast on food served by God himself.Ĭhrist tells us the Father does this for all of his children: “Blessed are those servants, whom the Lord when he cometh shall find watching.he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them” (Luke 12:37). They were ready to gloat as you fell into despair. All were sure God was going to strike you down for your failures. No demon power, including the devil himself, could ever comprehend this kind of love, mercy and grace. Then they watch as you fill up your soul with heaven’s delightful fare. They see the Lord himself spreading your table with food, escorting you to your seat and waiting on you. Meanwhile, as God prepares and serves your feast, he makes your enemies sit on the outer fringe of the scene and watch everything unfold. “God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows” (45:7). As you dine on the sumptuous foods, God anoints you with gladness: “Thou anointest my head with oil” (45:7). To set the atmosphere, God declares this feast a time for joy: “A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry” (Ecclesiastes 10:19). There is only one guest at this meal: you. He sets before us row upon row of heavenly delights. Yet in a world as chaotic as ours, the word for table in this verse means “spread.” God isn’t speaking of just a little plate of food but a vast, massive feast. We all need guidance for decisions in life. And he does it all in front of our enemies! ![]() He is pledging to set a table for us, spread wonderful food on it and serve us a feast. Of all the wonderful promises God gives us in the 23rd Psalm, this is one of the most glorious. “Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil my cup runneth over” (Psalm 23:5).
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