Blessings

Our Good Shepherd is always in the business of blessing His sheep. And it is not a small amount of blessing that He happens to throw our way either, but enough to fill a table. It also requires preparation--a conscious desire of the Shepherd to do something special for His sheep. Just as He is preparing a place for us in His heavenly realm, He is preparing a table of blessing for us in the here and now. It is at a table--the symbol of fellowship, instruction, and family unity--that He bids us sit in His presence. A rich banquet of His mercy and His grace is there for our partaking. "He prepares a table before me in the presence of my enemies."
It is noteworthy as well that He does it in the presence of our enemies. They must stand amazed at the riches of His grace in abundantly supplying our needs, both spiritually and physically. God always supplies the grace necessary for the situation at the moment we need it. The enemy must then see and admit to His presence in our life.
The psalmist also tells us that He anoints our heads with oil and our cup overflows. We are anointed by Him for special service and consecration to Him. Only a deeply loving Shepherd would anoint His poor, undeserving, helpless sheep. Think, too, of who it was the men of that day anointed--priests and future kings. We have been made joint-heirs with Christ, to rule and reign with Him. We have been given the authority and blessing of being His royal priesthood. A lousy sheep! Unbelievable! Let the redeemed of the Lord say so.
One other thing. If He blesses me in the presence of my enemies, where should I praise Him? Just in church in the midst of other sheep? Or should I praise Him wherever I find myself--even among those who are not His sheep? Even in the presence of the wolf in sheep's clothing? Let His praise be continually on our lips.