sit while i read the psalms to you

All right, Psalm 23: The Lord is my shepherd.

I have all that I need.

He lets me rest in green meadows.

He leads me beside peaceful streams.

He renews my strength.

He guides me along right paths, bringing honor to his name.

Even when I walk through the darkest valley, I will not be afraid, for you are close beside me.

Your rod and your staff protect and comfort me.

You prepare a feast for me in the presence of my enemies.

You honor me by anointing my head with oil.

My cup overflows with blessings.

Surely your goodness and unfailing love will pursue me all the days of my life, and I will live in the house of the Lord forever.

Okay, wait.

I actually already have a little side note.

This is just a really quick POV that I heard once.

I used to always hear that part of Psalm 23 where it says, "You prepare a feast for me in the presence of my enemies," and I used to think about like low-key, [laughs] I know this is kind of funny, but I would low-key think about like all the people who did me dirty in my life.

Like I'd be like, "Lord, I can't wait for you to prepare a table in front of my enemies, and the ones who prey on my downfall, and the ones who have burned me and abandoned me and left me." Uh, but the truth is, is God loves those people too, so I mean...

[scoffs] And so I, I, I heard this one time where somebody was talking about, I don't know where, when, who, what, just stuck in my brain.

You know? You ever had those things where you're like, "Don't know where I got..." I can't even remember what sermon it was, who said it, but it just stuck.

And it was, um, that the enemies in that scenario is actually all the attempts of the enemy.

Like it's like it's actually the devil and all of his demons.

Like all of the different tactics and ways that he has been...

Like, like the enemy would be like the voice of condemnation, you know? Or the voice that's always telling you that you're a loser, or like the demonic voices in your mind that are always telling you that you're worthless and that you'll never amount to anything, and that you should be embarrassed, you know? Like those are the enemies that God prepares a feast for you in front of, and I just think that perspective is actually so powerful.

I don't know if that's new for anyone.

Maybe that's the way that you've always seen Psalm 23, but for me, [laughs] in my unfortunate like surface level, like, "Yeah, God, you better show them," it was more so about like all the evil attempts of the enemy, actually.