PART 3 - THE GOD OF MORE THAN ENOUGH

Part 3 of the 23rd Psalm   He prepares a table before me...

verse 5 of the 23rd Psalm says, "You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;  You anoint my head with oil;  My cup runs over."

While in verse 4 we see God as our protector, in verse 5 we see God as the God of more than enough.  
King David wrote the psalm and he wrote this verse in thanksgiving of his deliverance from his enemies which he had discussed in the previous verse.
     Here he speaks of the feast of celebration that he received that his enemies couldn't prevent.  The joy of victory that he expressed with the anointing of oil.  Leaders are anointed as victors when they have won an important and decided victory and thereby triumphed over their enemies.  Finally, in verse 5 David declares that His God has given him more than enough.  His joy is overflowing, at the victory God has given him over his enemies and he knows that God has anointed him because he has a calling to be a great leader.

We can use this same verse in our time.  God is great and God is merciful!  He carries us through our darkest times and he never lets us go.  We begin to realize that we can celebrate even though we have enemies and even though they are looking and plotting against us because "if God is for us, no one can stand against us."  We can sing and dance because "No weapon formed against us shall prosper". He prepares a table means he creates an atmosphere of celebration and feasting for our victory over our enemies.
     Our anointing is from the Holy Spirit.  It is an anointing of blessing and safety.  It is a way that God declares that we are his.  We can walk in security and not in fear because we are anointed to serve the one true God.  We are His and He is ours.
     When someone pours a liquid in a cup and it runs over, its because the cup has more than enough. This means that God is reading and willing to give us not just what we need, but also what we desire. He is the God of more than enough.  He owns a thousand cattle on a thousand hills.  "The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof, the world and all that's in it."  He has whatever you need and more than you'll ever need.  He is the God of more than enough.