It has long been my contention that God's word is counterintuitive to the reasoning mind. I have meditated on the 23rd Psalm for a long time. I was years into that practice before promises and parts of promises from that Psalm gave me the gift of realization...helped me understand the mirror image of God's Word.
Here are some gifts:
1) Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me... The promise is that we will walk through the feared valley, and the shadow of death is our myriad fears, i.e., fear of being left all alone, of never being loved, wanted, needed or appreciated, of dementia...all of our dreads that come alive at three o'clock in the morning.
Our healer: Thank you...I fear not, God is here.
2) Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me...Thy rod and staff are our rues, regrets and remorses which we use to beat our self mercilessly. Those regrets have nowhere to go but to God where we find our comfort.
Our healer: Thank you...I fear not, God is here.
3) Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies... Here's the most surprising gift...it is God who does the prep work: Thou preparest a table. The next gift is that mine enemies are not our enemy du jour, not Gertrude or Jim, not sister, or any person. No...mine enemies are our self-centered fears, fear of the future, regret over the past, etc. God prepares the table, seats our enemies at the table, then walks us to the head of the table...where we realize with God, they are there for our benefit. We hug 'em and kiss 'em and let 'em go. This keeps us occupied for a lifetime when we're doing it right.
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