Listen

You set a table for me right in front of my enemies. You bathe my head in oil; my cup is so full it spills over! Yes, goodness and faithful love will pursue me all the days of my life, and I will live in the Lord’s house as long as I live.

Psalm 23:5-6

Think

Have you ever experienced a bully at school or in your neighborhood? They always have the quickest remarks that cut to the bone. It is difficult to fight their determination to be mean without turning into a mean person too.

Well, the good news of Psalm 23 is that God is our help in the face of enemies. God loves us so much that we will receive a banquet right in front of the mean people who want bad things for us. God wants our good. And if God wants our good, who can do or say anything about it? We are going to live in God’s house where the words and actions of our enemies can’t reach us anymore.

I believe that those people who wanted mean things for us are loved by God too. And that’s great — really! They are going to experience God’s love and sit there right alongside of us eating that heavenly banquet, no longer as enemies but as friends. That is what faith tells me. Here’s to the transformative power of Love and to new friends!

Deborah Guy

Pray

Holy God, help me to always live a life of faith. Thank you for the eternal banquet to come. Amen.

Go

Remember: Faith is the essence of life.