My cup overflows – Psalms 23 Part 22 – 2025.04.16

Psalms 23:5 (KJV) Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

When the LORD does something He does it in abundance. He is the LORD of more than enough. Abraham called Him “Jehovahjireh” meaning The-LORD-Will-Provide.
“Genesis 22:14 (KJV) And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.”

Jesus Christ feed the 5000 and 4000 men plus women and children and there was heaps left over:
“Matthew 14:16-21 (KJV) But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat. [17] And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes. [18] He said, Bring them hither to me. [19] And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. [20] And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full. [21] And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children.”

“Matthew 15:34-38 (KJV) And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes. [35] And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. [36] And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. [37] And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full. [38] And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.”

Therefore let us be encouraged today that the LORD Jesus Christ will not only fill our cup with what we need but He will provide more than enough (we will look at the reason for this in the next devotion. He did not even withhold His Son Jesus Christ to give as a sacrifice for us that we might be saved if we believe in Him. “John 3:16 (NKJV) For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”

Let us therefore ask our Father in heaven in the name of Jesus Christ our LORD and saviour of what we need.
“Matthew 7:7-8 (KJV) Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: [8] For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.”
“Matthew 6:25-34 (KJV) Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? [26] Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? [27] Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? [28] And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: [29] And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. [30] Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? [31] Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? [32] (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. [33] But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. [34] Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.”

Here are the previous devotions on Psalms 23:

https://missioncommunities.network/2025/03/22/my-shepherd-psalms-23-part-1-2025-03-22/

https://missioncommunities.network/2025/03/24/green-pastures-psalms-23-part-2-2025-03-23/

https://missioncommunities.network/2025/03/25/green-pastures-psalms-23-part-3-2025-03-25/

https://missioncommunities.network/2025/03/26/green-pastures-psalms-23-part-4-2025-03-26/

https://missioncommunities.network/2025/03/27/lie-down-psalms-23-part-5-2025-03-27/

https://missioncommunities.network/2025/03/28/leading-2025-03-28/

https://missioncommunities.network/2025/03/29/lie-down-in-green-pastures-psalms-23-part-7-2025-03-29/

https://missioncommunities.network/2025/03/31/beside-still-waters-psalms-23-part-8-2025-03-30/

https://missioncommunities.network/2025/04/01/soul-restoration-psalms-23-part-9-2025-04-01/

https://missioncommunities.network/2025/04/02/paths-of-righteousness-psalms-23-part-10-2025-04-02/

https://missioncommunities.network/2025/04/03/walking-through-psalms-23-part-11-2025-04-03/