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 Thursday, January eighteen, twenty twenty four. Hello, my name
is Elle 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 lesson study series through the Book of Psalms,
and our caption for today is your testimony speaking of God. Are very
sure your testimonies are are very sure. We'll get into that in just a
moment, but first I like to just say welcome to you and ask you
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and pray and then we will get underway. Father in Heaven, thank you
for giving us the opportunity to open up your word. And I'm asking you,
Father, to give us your wisdom. Please teach us your testimonies,
help us to live according to those testimonies. In Jesus name, I pray,
Amen and Amen again. There is a passage in the Book of Psalms,
chapter one hundred and nineteen that I really love that has to do with
God's people who are really connected to Him and those individuals being wiser than the
ancients, wiser than even their teachers. Why because they keep the testimonies of
God. So what I want to do is go into the Book of Psalms
chapter nineteen not one nineteen nineteen to see this transition of thought. It's very
intriguing to me. And it begins in verse one. The heavens declare the
glory of God. So even the now, let me not appreach you yet,
No, no, no, nope, okay, let me continue,
and the firmament showeth his handiwork day and today uttered speech, and night unto
night showeth knowledge. There is no speech nor language where their voice is not
heard. Their line has gone out through all the earth, and their words
to the end of the world. In them hath set he a tabernacle for
the Sun, which is as a bridegroom, coming out of his chamber and
Rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. He and his God going
forth is from the end of the earth in his circuit unto the ends of
it, talking about the Sun, and there is nothing hid from it or
the heat thereof. And then God does something very interesting in this transition.
So we see his his power. We see his creative no the we see
the power of his creation. Like he's the sovereign of the universe. Blessed
be his name. And He has created all things seen and unseen, like
animate and inanimate, like even you. He created you, all of your
four parents. He created you, Adam and Eve, the first people on
planet Earth. He created them. And so God is saying that he manifests
himself in his creation. And by the way, even in twenty twenty four,
you can get a glimpse of God through creation, sort of like the
sun. When you see the sun, it's everywhere in the world, or
maybe we can see the sun from everywhere in the world. And then he
does something very interesting. He makes this transition in verse seven and says,
the law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul, just like his
creation. Wait a minute, what his creation is perfect? Yeah? When
he created everything, it was good, good, very good. It was
the same sovereign God, the same just and holy God that created the laws
of gravity, that created photosynthesis, the one who created those laws that say
matter left alone. At least that's the way we see it now. In
our context, tend to break down like and so forth, like cause precedes
effect. I wish I had the time. But what God is saying here
is that same God is the one who says, the law of the Lord
is perfect, converting the soul. The testimony of the Lord is sure,
making wise the simple. What the testimony of the Lord is sure, making
wise the simple the testimony. It comes from a Hebrew word that is frequently
used to describe the Ten Commandments. It means to bear witness. It's the
revelation of God in God's witness or testimony, because it is his own affirmation
concerning his nature, his attributes, and his commands. What does that mean?
We can see aspects of God's nature. We can see God's attributes of
God, of God's character, and his commands as He reveals himself in nature
in the Ten Commandments law through the power of the Holy Spirit. I wish
I had the time through the entire word of God, those sixty six blessed
books. So when we are talking about the testimonies of God, especially in
the case of his commandments, which are our transcript of his character, then
that means that nothing else we know of him, no other prism through which
we see aspects of his character, can be in conflict about him. Why
because his testimonies are sure, there's no air in it. There is no
way that he deviates from his testimonies, because they are a transcript of who
He is, at least in small bite forms, so we can see and
experience him. I'm so thankful. And that word actually for sure means amen,
to be faithful, to be lasting, to be firmly established. And
so even the simplest people, the simplest mindsets, if we submit ourselves to
God, can hear and experience these testimonies as an amen like a soul.
Let it be done even in our lives. God's promised to me that I
can actually keep his testimonies, which makes me wiser than even those in the
wisest settings who have not submitted to him. I wish I had the time.
Okay, So let's go to Psalm chapter ninety three and verse five.
The testimonies, Thy testimonies are very sure. Holiness becometh Thine house, O
Lord forever. So God's testimonies are described as extremely reliable, and his house
is characterized by holiness. You remember, the Bible says that God said to
Moses, make us sanctuary. Have them make me a sanctuary that I may
dwell among them. So that house, that tabernacle, that experience in the
pavilion and refuge of God is to be in his presence. You see his
testimonies when we embrace them, usher us into his presence. Here's another one.
Here's another one in verse one hundred and sixty five of the longest Psalm,
when nineteen it reads great peace have they do you have peace? Brothers?
And sis, I don't mean pseudo peace. I don't mean something that
you have told yourself while you're in the midst of the storm and you're just
looking as an optimist for a way to just settle yourself. I'm saying,
no real peace, Like do you have peace? The Bible says, great
peace have they which love Thy law? And nothing shall offend them. That
term to offend means to cause us to go away from him, Like there
were disciples who were offended in quotes because of him. And then Jesus looked
around about his disciples and said, will you also depart from me? Will
you also leave me? Will you also forsake me and turn your back from
me? And of course the disciples said, but God, where would we
go? Where would we go? So people who actually delight in God's law,
people who have real peace, it's because they love his law. And
there is nothing, absolutely nothing, when they love God's law that would cause
them to turn away from him. Okay. In verse two of the Book
of Psalms, chapter one, the Bible reads, but his delight is in
the law of the Lord, and in his law doth he meditate day and
night. So delighting and meditating on the law of God is portrayed as a
pathway to righteousness. You want to be righteous, and look in his law.
Verse five books of the Bible talks a lot about it, but not
just the first five books. But look into his law and see what promises
he is making making. His law is the law of love, it is
the law of liberty. And when we embrace this, then we will continue
to be righteous. Have a wonderful day, 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,