Five.

Five. This is part five of six in a series regarding the verses in Psalms twenty-three.

Psalms 23:5 (New King James)
⁵ You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;
You anoint my head with oil;
My cup runs over.

At the heading of my blog home page, I have written the following statement: "Worship is my life response to God. This blog contains writings from a heart devoted to worshiping God. It contains honest contemplations from my joy's and struggles as I passionately pursue my number one". Notice I put the words "Honest" and "Struggles" in there. I meant that.

Here we go. Honestly, I am struggling with the meaning of verse five. I have ready many thoughts as to what it may mean. I've ready thoughts that stated the verse simply meant what it said . Other thoughts said that this verse had a deeper meaning tied to the Jewish traditions of receiving guests.

Frankly, I'm not sure which one it is alluding to, and it could be both. If the tradition I read about is true (LINK), then I can see how it would apply to this verse. My thoughts are this.... Throughout this entire chapter, a picture is being painted of God supplying our every need. This chapter shows that He is our provider, protector and leader and I don't see the theme changing in this verse or the next.

I know I raised more questions than I provided answers to, but I promised to be honest. Your thoughts?