INSIGHTS FROM PSALM 23 (PART 2)

Your rod and your staff, they comfort me [Instead of bludgeoning and intimidating me, even when I get presumptuous and behave wrongly, as I tend to do from time to time, You only use Your shepherd’s rod to gently guide me back to the right course, without any mark of harm or injury on my body].

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies [Without them being able to do anything to stop me from enjoying the delicacies. Why? Because you are right there standing watch over me to ensure that I’m safe. While my enemies were only confined to a distance, glaring at me morosely without their being able to do anything to harm me. And they dare not move near otherwise they will have to contend with You, the Mighty Man in battle].

You anoint my head with oil [Of gladness and ability to do all that you have reared me to do],

My cup runs over [Because you simply did not stop pouring on me until I am overflowed by the abundance of your goodness].

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me [Not sorrow, not sadness, not gloom, not mourning, not fear, not evil, not grief, not poverty, not frustration, not failure, nor pain, but the goodness and the mercy of the LORD shall be my experience]

All the days of my life [All the Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays that I live!],

And I will dwell in the house of the Lord [Since that is where He will always lead me to for resort. For He will never leave me in the house of a stranger. Therefore, I am certain of always being in His pleasurable presence during the day (Psalm 16:11) and the secret place of His fortress, which is my dwelling place, in the night (Psalm 31:20)]

Forever [And ever. That is as long as I am here on earth, and even when I transit to heaven above. Amen].

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