Why God Prepares A Table Before Your Enemies | A Blessed Morning Prayer To Start Your Day

there are some risky things in life it's a risk to make a bold career move or to start a business when you don't know what the outcome will be for some it's even a risk to get married especially when they don't see many people staying married but would you take the risk of believing God first before seeing the miracle could you risk completely trusting God first before there's any sign of a breakthrough tell me this can you risk waiting on God's timing before you try and take matters into your own hands the Bible tells us

in First Corinthians that God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong that means that there's a strong contrast between human wisdom and divine wisdom human wisdom says I must destroy my enemies and give them no chance but Divine wisdom in Matthew 5:44 it tells us to love your enemies bless those who curse you do good to those who hate you and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you now human wisdom says I must celebrate when those who

are against me suffer or when they struggle but Divine wisdom tells me in Proverbs 24:17 do not rejoice when your enemy Falls and do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles and now we might think well this doesn't make sense my enemies want to destroy me they only want to see me struggle but the word of God tells me to love them to not be glad when they stumble but let me tell you today that your enemies they are placed in your life for a reason and we all have enemies from the person

at work who's trying to make us look bad to the neighbor that's always trying to start some kind of argument even the person or the people who walked away in betrayed you after you were faithful and loyal we all have enemies we have critics we have naysayers people who want to see us do good but never better than them but the Bible tells us in Psalm 110:1 the Lord said to my Lord sit in the place of honor at my right hand until I humble your enemies making them a foot stol under your feet you

see the same people that provoke you antagonize you belittle you and stress you out those people God's going to to make them your foot stol now a foot stol in the Bible is symbolic of humility it's a low place is under your feet meaning it's not significant the term foot stol actually points to the one using the foot stol as being far superior to the foot stol itself and to me it's amazing that while God calls the Earth his foot stol he still humbled himself he still left heaven for Earth he still traded glory for

human flesh to become one who lived on that foot stol and while we are not the foot stol to our enemies we are required to act with humility towards them don't Place yourself too high in your own judgment and don't be offended that everyone doesn't like you or that there is someone who actually opposes you we're required to be humble to be meek not to retaliate to show the same love as Christ who knew that the people he created hated would crucify him but I also want to look at enemies and foot stols from a

different angle I need you to hear this the foot stols those enemies they are necessary for elevation enemies make good foot stols to get you to the next level let's consider Judas he had a role to play in God's plan he wasn't the perfect Christian despite having the privilege of Walking With Jesus and talking with Jesus no he wasn't the best of examples among disciples but what he was was a foot stol he had to betray Jesus in order for the Lord to be elevated and fulfill his mission look at Goliath he was a foot

stol he had to be the one that no one else wanted to fight that one bad enemy but he also ended up being that one that showed everyone that it doesn't matter how big the giant is there is no Giant giant too big for God Pharaoh he was a foot stol for Moses Joseph's brothers were foot stools for Joseph Nebuchadnezzar the king who threw the three Hebrew boys Into the Fire he was a foot stol now they may be enemies on the surface they may be enemies in the Physical Realm but those enemies are stepping

stools in the spiritual realm one of the most famous passages in the Bible is in Psalm 23 The Lord is my shepherd I shall not want he makes me lie down in Green Pastures and leads me to Still Waters and if you continue reading you come to verse 5 which says you prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies another translation says you prepare A Feast for me in the presence of my enemies now why would God prepare a table A Feast for you in the presence of your enemies wouldn't it be

a far more reasonable expectation for the Lord to be your Shepherd for him to make you lie down in Green Pastures for him to provide another way that's not through the valley of the shadow of death and finally wouldn't it be a reasonable expectation for God to defeat all of my enemies and then and then prepare a table for me to feast in peace but that's not the case and I think for us to understand we probably need to take a look at the book of Isaiah in chapter 55 where God says my thoughts are

not your thoughts my ways are not your ways as the heavens are higher than the earth so are my ways higher than your ways so if we take a step back and look at Psalm 23 again you have just come through a dark Valley you have just escaped death Shadows then the Lord prepares a table for you before your enemy what this says to me is that one so long as God is leading there is nothing that can touch a child of God secondly a table set before my enemies suggests to me that the battle

is not ours because if it were ours I know what I would have been focused on and that's fighting the enemies in front of me I would probably Overlook the table that God has set before me because I would be weary of the enemy's attack God sets a table before your enemies to demonstrate his care his provision even in the most unlikely of circumstances he sets a table in front of them to show and demonstrate his power your enemies can see you but your enemies can't even touch you no enemy you face can stand in

front of the Lord I also believe that this scenario is symbolic of a Christian who may be facing adversity someone who may be experiencing difficult circumstances but God can somehow give them peace Beyond understanding they Rejoice always despite what's going on around them and so I think it's the same for you to sit at a table and feast you need to have some level of comfort and peace right in this scenario God is saying I will provide that peace and comfort even in front of your enemies now if we focus on the word prepare the

Lord prepared is a table when we talk about preparation it means that it's something that's not done casually coaches prepare for football matches way in advance everything from the team selection the tactics everything a business owner prepares his business to face different scenarios in the economy and I believe that for the Lord to prepare a table before your enemies he has a plan in mind he's taken every detail in into account God takes time to plan what will be on the table where the table will be how it will be set who will eat at

the table who will see the table and how you will get to that table the word preparation it implies that thought time effort have gone into doing this thing it's gone into making sure that everything's ready the Lord has prepared a table for you to dine before your enemies because he is going to deal with them Exodus 14:14 says the Lord will fight for you and you will hold your peace your enemies are in God's hands you simply need to focus on God's plan and so in this moment when we realize that we are already

winners we're already Victorious we're in a fixed fight when we're standing in this place right in this moment let us go to God In Prayer dear Lord Jesus you know about the battles we're facing in our lives Master fight for us defend us Lord be our shield and our Fortress Lord Jesus you know what we're wrestling with in our lives we call upon you the lion of the tribe of Judah I pray that you would help us Lord Jesus intervene in our lives as we call on the name of Jesus Christ which is above every

other name we believe that you can remove every obstacle that is set before us show your hand in our lives Lord and help us to overcome the struggles that we Face We Trust in your ability God to take what the devil meant for evil and turn it for our good you can take everything sent by the enemy and turn it around For Your Glory we pray and declare Psalm chap 27 it says the Lord is my light and my salvation so why should I be afraid the Lord is my Fortress protecting me from danger so

why should I tremble when evil people come to devour me when my enemies and foes attack me they will stumble and fall though a mighty Army surrounds me my heart will not be afraid even if I am attacked I will remain confident the one thing I ask of the Lord the thing I seek most is to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life delighting in the Lord's Perfection and meditating in his Temple for he will conceal me there when troubles come he will hide me in his Sanctuary he will

place me Out Of Reach on a high Rock then I will hold my head high above my enemies who surround me at his Sanctuary I will offer sacrifices with shouts of Joy singing and praising the Lord with music hear me as I pray oh Lord be merciful and answer me my heart has heard you say come and talk with me and my heart responds Lord I am coming do not turn your back on me do not reject your servant in Anger you have all always been my helper don't leave me now don't abandon me oh

god of my salvation even if my father and mother abandon me the Lord will hold me close teach me how to live oh Lord lead me along the right path for my enemies are waiting for me do not let me fall into their hands for they accuse me of things I've never done with every breath they threaten me with violence yet I'm confident I will see the Lord's goodness while I am here in the land of the living wait patiently for the Lord be brave and courageous yes wait patiently for the Lord our trust is

in you a God who can never fail this world will present opposition to us but we trust you to fight the battles for us the enemy will do what he can to try and bind us to try to keep us and chains but Lord we trust that you will Deliver Us you Lord Jesus Will rescue us may you take all of the glory for every victory in my life may your name be glorified each time we overcome father we thank you for hearing this prayer it's in the mighty name of Jesus Christ that we pray

Amen in Matthew 5: 44 it tells us to love your enemies bless those who curse you do good to those who hate you and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you the Lord said to my Lord sit in the place of honor at my right hand until I humble your enemies making them a foot stol under your feet the Lord is my shepherd I shall not want he makes me lie down in Green Pastures and leads me to Still Waters we pray and declare Psalm chapter 27 it says the Lord is my

light and my salvation so why should I be afraid the Lord is my Fortress protecting me from danger so why should I tremble when evil people come to devour me when my enemies and foes attack me they will stumble and fall though a mighty Army surrounds me my heart will not be afraid even if I am attacked I will remain confident the one thing I ask of the Lord the thing I seek most is to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life delighting in the Lord's Perfection and meditating in

his Temple for he will conceal me there when troubles come he will hide me in his Sanctuary he will place me Out Of Reach on a high Rock then I will hold my head high above above my enemies who surround me at his Sanctuary I will offer sacrifices with shouts of Joy singing and praising the Lord with music hear me as I pray oh Lord be merciful and answer me my heart has heard you say come and talk with me and my heart responds Lord I am coming do not turn your back on me do

not reject your servant in Anger you have always been my helper don't leave me now don't abandon me oh god of my salvation even if my father and mother abandon me the Lord will hold me close teach me how to live oh Lord lead me along the right path for my enemies are waiting for me do not let me fall into their hands for they accuse me of things I've never done with every breath they threaten me with violence yet I'm confident I will see the Lord's goodness while I am here in the land of

the living wait patiently for the Lord be brave and courageous yes wait patiently for the Lord