Friday: Psalm 23 (Day 5)

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

IT'S FRIDAY: "Onward Christian Soldiers!! Marching off to war, with the CROSS OF JESUS going on before ... 'CHRIST, THE ROYAL MASTER', Leads against the foe; Forward into battle, see, His banners go! Onward, Christian soldiers! Marching as to war, with the cross of Jesus going on before."

Good Morning, my dear brothers and sisters, welcome to another beautiful day furnished to you by "GOD". Take a deep breath of air and let's get going to the fields of harvest and to work for Jesus. Yes, it is Friday and the day we give our prayer support to those working the fields and then we put "feet on our prayers" (Pamela S. Bower) and go to work for God ... AMEN ...

Psalm 23 (Day 5)
Psalm 23: 1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me beside the still waters. 3 He restoreth my soul; He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake. 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. 5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies; Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. (King James)

Today we take a look at verse 5 and yes tomorrow we will have a special writing to finish this wonderful Psalm. And yes, I have written on this before, but this is indeed not a copy but a fresh look at it as God gave it to me again.

Psalm 23, verse 5 - Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. (King James)

Wow, I get to talk about food today ... He has prepared a table before me. ALL THE TIME. Think about it, if our God is going to prepare a table before you while your enemies are present, don't you think He will also do it when you are with family and friends or even along? Of course He would. But why would He do it before your enemies? I think what God is telling me here today is we should invite our enemies to the table with us to eat. I could put this on a national scale for when leaders of countries get together to talk about peace, most often they eat together. Now let me put this on a smaller scale, let me bring it home. This coming Monday we have our Memorial Day Celebration (formerly Decoration Day). This day is the unofficial start of summer and the grilling season. We get out those back yard grills, and we have picnics, etc. Please, please, if you have someone you have been not getting along with, invite them to your cookout. A family member, a former friend, or a neighbor, invite them. Use this time to mend fences. Folks, why else would our Lord prepare a table before us with our enemies there, unless He wanted us to mend fences, and AND TALK TO THEM about Jesus? Inside of about 5 weeks, we are going to have 2 very big cookout days ... lots of food ... and why not uses them to make our enemies friends, to bring them into the circle of Christ? Is that not what Jesus told us when He commanded us into the fields of harvest?

He anointest my head with oil. Someday I will write a full message on this. Most often if you run into me, and ask for prayer, I am going to anoint you with oil in the name of our Lord. I carry the oil with me. I have, as I call it, greased up many people even in parking lots. I was with Duane Nicholson, an original member of the Couriers, and the Brotherhood Gospel Group with Tim Beitzel, present Courier, and Douglas Boyer who still heads up Brotherhood Native American Outreach ... Let me tell you this ... Dolores and I were on a big motorcycle following a tour bus to Nashville that was chartered by these gentlemen. The bus was loaded, we paid for our seats and left them resell them so we could take the bike. On the way home, at a truck stop, we got all the people on the bus and Reverend Nicholson, anoint the cycle with oil. Yes, he greased up the windshield of the bike in the name of The Father, The Son, and The Holy Ghost.

Folks, in faith I anoint people with oil, asking Jesus, again in faith, to heal them. Our Lord God has showed us time and time again about faith healing and faith in the anointing with oil. So if you see me, and we pray together, don't be surprised if you don't also get anointed with oil. Where God leads we should follow.

And the last part, "my cup runneth over." Oh yes, no debate when it comes to God, no need to ask when we look at our glass if it is half full or half empty. We who Love God, know with all our hearts that OUR CUP RUNNETH OVER. For we know our God will take care of our needs and even supply us with such a surplus if we just trust Him, that our storage shelves will even be full. Our biggest problem is not, and here comes a quote of the day from me, our biggest problem when it comes to eating is "not if we will eat, but what we will eat." Here is another, when it comes to getting dressed, it is not "do we have something to wear, but deciding what we will wear." Our pantry is overflowing, our closets are jammed, our dresser drawers are stuffed to the point they do not close ... and in my case, I sometimes need to decide what to drive, as I sort of have a car collection ...

Yesterday I said to Dolores, I am in trouble, I am out of Diet Pepsi, but did I have nothing to drink? Of course not, as the water is flowing from our well, we have bottled water in the frig, I had a gallon of chocolate milk, and there were six or eight quarts of regular milk, plus three kinds of juice in the frig. Yes our cup overflows. And folks, so does yours if you love God. Your cup overflows, remember to share it, for what really runs over, if we are not careful, just might get wasted. Do you know that even the people in the United States we call poor, most have TV, cable, phones, and cell phones, and a lot of them smoke, yet, they sometimes do not have food to feed the family. It is not that God does not supply, it is we the people, make poor choices in life. Now I said it, am I right? And there are people whose cup would overflow if they went to work. For those who WILL not work, should not eat ... again I say Will not work, for there are those who cannot work and we who have need to take care of them ... AMEN.

Dear Father in Heaven, thanks for the table that is overflowing with food and drinks that overflow. And thanks for teaching me about anointing. And thanks for these wonderful words from Psalm 23. Thanks for all you do for us. Thanks for all our needs being furnished, and now Lord, help us today by leading us into the fields of harvest, also into the fields of battle for you, often in the same location, and Lord, please watch over all of those who answer the call, keep them safe in the churches, in the buses traveling the roads, in the prisons where they go, in the jungles of the world, on the streets of our big cities. Regardless of where You lead us who work for You, fill us with the Holy Ghost and keep us going, safe and in tune with You. In the name of Jesus, I pray. Amen, and Amen.

Go forth, sharing The Word of God and also His Love, and watching for your pantry to overflow as you do your sharing. Be careful now, for He is going to fill You and your home to overflowing, don't hurt yourself stocking those shelves. Then give some more. God is good ... Love ya, and remember a special writing tomorrow ... dan.