Most of us eat every day, some of us too much because yesterday's food
is not enough to supply energy for today's needs. Why then, do some
of us expect yesterday's portion of heavenly manna, the word of God to keep
us through today's challenges. On this program, we are going to change all
of that. Let's experience God's words today and receive the power we need to
live healthy, vibrant lives. Welcome to your Daily Portion with your host,
author speaker Elle David Harris. Good morning, Good morning, Good morning.
It is Wednesday, April three, twenty twenty four. Hello, my name
is El David Harris. I am your host, and this is your Daily
Portion where we give you God's word every single day, and today is no
exception. We are continuing in our new Lesson study series, The Great Controversy,
and today's caption is Love finds a Way. Love finds a Way and
I underscored fines. I can't wait to get into this, but before we
do, let me not jump the gun. I'd like to welcome everyone joining
us, especially those joining us for the very first time. You are on
every continent of this well every continent probably besides one on this great Earth that
God has entrusted to our care. You are in so many countries, and
I'm thankful so many platforms and radio stations and even one television station. So
we take this time together seriously, and I'm asking that you will continue to
pray, pray that God's word will go forward without any hitches, without any
delays, because we're looking forward to Jesus to come. Aren't you looking forward
to Jesus coming? Yes, I definitely am. I'm tired of this life
the way that it is, and so we do what we can so to
have this gospel of the Kingdom to be preached into all the world for a
witness. And then and only then will the end come. Let's go ahead
and pray, and then we will get underway. Father and Heaven, thank
you for this new day and for the privilege that we have again to open
your word. Please help us to live according to the love principle that we
will see and experience today. In Jesus' name. I pray, Amen,
and a man again. Love finds a way. I'm trying to highlight and
copy that caption. Yes, love finds a way. Now, let me
read really quickly from the lesson just to get us started. Do you ever
wonder if God really loves you? I used to talk to someone specifically about
that as I was writing a new lesson study some years ago, and I
think, sometimes we talk about God loves you, God is love, but
when we look at it closely, you know, and do we personalize it?
God loves me? You see the difference. Okay, So do you
ever wonder if God really loves you? Look at the cross, look at
the crown of thorns, look at the nails in his hands and feet.
Were talking about Jesus, some of the things that he went through in order
to save us. He gave his life for us, like he was murdered
in our place, like humans murdered him. That was the thought that they
had toward him. And yet at the same time, he willingly surrendered to
that because he was taking our guilt and our shame to that place so that
we don't have to go there. I wish I had the time with every
drop of blood that Jesus shed on Calvary, that was the place where the
cross was. God is saying, I love you. I do not want
to be in heaven without you. Okay, Well, since that's the reality.
Love has to make away, love has to find a way. And
so now we're going to read from the Bible Genesis, chapter three, verses
seven through fifteen. Let's see what we can do with this time. And
the eyes of them both were open, So we're talking about Adam and Eve
after they had sinned. Eve was deceived, Adam was not. Both of
them sinned. Eve fell into sin, Adam jumped. I wish I had
the time to get into that. But their eyes were both opened, and
they knew that they were naked. So remember they were naked and undershamed before.
And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves aprons. They were trying
to cover their shame. They were using human ingenuity to cover their shame.
But how many know that if you put on an apron over a naked body,
that there are still some things exposed. And so they were still exposed
even though they were trying to cover themselves from spiritual and physical shame. Let's
keep going. And they heard I heard the voice of the Lord God walking
in the garden in the cool of the day. They were accustomed to that,
but there was something different today. And Adam and his wife hid themselves
from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden. How
could you try to hide from the one that you normally had conversations with,
you walked and spoke with. How could you be hiding? Oh wait a
minute, There is some shame now because we have turned our backs on God.
There's some guilt now. There is fear now, Oh God. And
so the Bible continues, and the Lord God called to Adam. He was
the one responsible. Adam was the one who was created first. Adam,
where art thou verse ten? And he said, I heard thy voice in
the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked, and I hid
myself. What a terrible, terrible commentary, brothers and sisters, A terrible
condition to be in. The one who was your friend from the moment you
were created, the one whom you've never hidden from, the one whom you've
never felt shame around. Now you're hiding from him, and now you're afraid
of what. You have no context for fear. You've never known anything about
sin, Like, what are consequences? You don't know anything about consequences.
But all of this now is crowding in on your spiritual psyche, and you
don't know what to do, And so Adam in that state in desperation,
he hides from the one who created him. He hides from the one who
loves him. Are you hiding, brothers and sisters? Are you hearing the
voice of God? Even right now, just fewer than just shy of seven
minutes into our broadcast? And God is calling out to your name? Fill
in the blank. Where are you? You were naked and you hid yourself.
God is saying, come out of the bushes, like, come out
of the trees, stop hiding in the shrubbery, and come and stand before
me, willing to surren under your will, and I'm going to do something
special for you. Are you hearing the voice of God calling your name?
Well, let's continue the discussion. Yeah, so who told you that you
were naked? Still? In verse ten, hast thou eaten of the tree?
Whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? And the man said,
what does a man say when he is in shame? What does a
man say when he's hiding from God? Like? What does a man who
was still in his weakness and has not yet confessed his sins? What does
he do a man who's also married, he does the thing that weak men
do in those moments. He blamed his wife. That's what he said.
That's what he did. And the man said, the woman that thou gavest
unto me. Oh, and by the way, he blamed God to you,
gave her to me. Yeah, she gave it to me, and
I did eat. And Lord said, unto the woman, what has what
did you do? Like? What have you done? And the woman said,
the serpent beguiled me? So she did what I used to hear mass
murderers say when I was a young child in New York City, that you
would be on the news and say, the devil made me do it.
And it's like what So he blames his wife and she blames the devil.
Nobody's taking responsibility for their actions here. This is a sad commentarian. And
the woman said, the serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. Okay,
this thing just disappeared. Oh verse twelve, Well, let me hold
on to this. Here it is, and the Lord said, God said
to the woman, what it's out done? And then she blames the devil.
And then, of course God deals with the devil. He deals with
the woman, he deals with the man. I'm just going to pause right
there, because I'll go into a clinic if I don't. I don't want
to do that. But the Bible says in verse nine of Hebrews chapter two,
what God has done in order to save us. Hebrews chapter nine to
and verse nine, we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than
the angel. So Jesus took on human form for the suffering of death,
crowned him with glory and honor, that he, by the grace of God,
should taste death for every man. So Jesus in the moment, the
exact moment that they needed him, Ah, humans needed him, Jesus stepped
in. And then at the appropriate time, which we'll talk about tomorrow,
if the Lord spays life, Ah, Jesus gave his life so that we
would not have to die. Love made away. Man is blaming wife,
wife is blaming devil. God is taking responsibility. Love finds a way Peace.
Thanks for joining us listening. Friends, Always remember we cannot live by
bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.
This has been your daily portion with el David Harris. Make it a great
day. Yeah,