Our reading today is Psalm 23:5.
“You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.”
David paints a picture that almost startles us. A table spread wide, right in the middle of enemy territory. We would expect fear, but instead, God gives fellowship. We would expect scraps, but instead, He gives abundance. The Shepherd doesn’t just keep us breathing through the hard times—He blesses us right in the middle of them.
Anointing with oil was more than fragrance. It was honor. It was welcome. It was the mark of being chosen. David reminds us that even when voices around us whisper lies—when the world says we are forgotten—God leans close, pours oil on our head, and says, “You are mine.”
And then there’s the cup. Not half full. Not barely enough. Overflowing. Shepherds in the heat of the day would fill a stone cup to running over, cooling it so the sheep could drink without harm. That’s what God does for us. He doesn’t ration His mercy. He doesn’t measure out grace with a teaspoon. He fills, He spills, He overflows.
Our Shepherd is not stingy. He provides beyond measure, and He does it right where life feels most uncertain. His abundance is our confidence.
I’m Lonnie Davis, and these are thoughts worth thinking.