MORNING GLORY Friday, September 13, 2013 “Every Good Path” Proverbs 2:9 (NIV) 9 Then you will understand what is right and just and fair—every good path. God has chosen for us---every good path. It is beyond our understanding in our finite minds the purposes and the thoughts He has for us. Psalm 23:5 tells us that it is our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ who prepares a table before us, even in the presence of our enemies. Selah, pause and meditate on that. Proverbs 2:9 The Message MSG 9-15 So now you can pick out what’s true and fair, find all the good trails! Lady Wisdom will be your close friend, and Brother Knowledge your pleasant companion. Good Sense will scout ahead for danger, Insight will keep an eye out for you. They’ll keep you from making wrong turns, or following the bad directions Of those who are lost themselves and can’t tell a trail from a tumbleweed, These losers who make a game of evil and throw parties to celebrate perversity, Traveling paths that go nowhere, wandering in a maze of detours and dead ends. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pulpit Commentary Psalm 23:5 - Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies. Another transition. The danger of death is past. David reverts to the thought of the tranquil, happy, joyous time which God has vouchsafed to grant him. He has "adversaries," indeed, but they are powerless to affect anything against him. They have to look on with ill-concealed annoyance at his prosperity, to see his table amply spread; his condition such as men generally envy; his wealth typified by abundant oil - thou anointest (or, makest fat, marginal rendering) my head with oil - great, his whole life full to overflowing with blessedness. My cup runneth over, he declares - is not only full to the brim, but runs over the brim - an expressive metaphor, indicative of a state of bliss rarely experienced in this life.
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