The Table in the Presence
of My Enemies”
Cory Landolt

INTRODUCTION: Psalm 23:1-6
A. This lesson is on one of the best known and best loved passages in the Bible.
B. For the longest time, many individuals—myself included—have focused only on the comforting aspect of Psalm 23.
C. But if we want to take the psalm for what it’s worth, we must understand the purpose for why David wrote it—it is a psalm of royalty and triumph!

DISCUSSION:
I. THE C

OF THE TABLE – 23:1-3
A. Make the_

Reveal Answer

_your Shepherd: “The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters…” – verse 1-3

B. Application: Who is your shepherd?

II. THE C Around THE TABLE – 23:4, 5
A. Our

: “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil… You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies…” – verse 4a, 5a

B. Application: Our Lord Provides & Protects (verse 4b, 5b)

III. THE C

AT THE TABLE – 23:6
A.

Reveal Answer

__with the Lord: “all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever” – verse 6

B. Application:

CONCLUSION:
A. Which table are you sitting at? “You cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons” (1 Corinthians 10:21).
B. In order to sit at the table of the Lord, you must first answer the call of the table by making the Lord the Shepherd of your life.