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 Monday, January fifteenth, twenty twenty four. Ha ha
ha, I almost messed up again. My name is Elle David Harris.
I am your host, and this is your Daily Portion. 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 the Lord Rains. I'm going to come back to that in just
a moment, but first I'd like to say welcome to you and ask you
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build faith and fellowship at your daily portion dot com. Let's go ahead and
pray, and then we will get underway. Father and Heaven, Thank you
for giving us this privilege to come together again and for your word that is
so true and it is transformative because your word is power. Thank you for
speaking over our lives. Now help us to live according to what you have
said in Jesus name. I pray a men and a man again. The
Lord rains, the Lord reigns. And of course, for those who have
been listening for any period of time, you may have recognized that I love
songs like I love psalms and hymns and spiritual songs. And so this passage
actually brings to my mind him number what is the number here? Him number
seven from the Seven day Adventist hym no And I'll share just a little bit
of it with you. And this audio is actually coming from the no Him
no him App. I want you to look that up. A K n
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me share just a little bit of it and then we can we can jump
into the lesson here it is let me sing a little bit here the Lord
in Zion raiin have led all the world, rejoices and come before his throne
of grace with tune fall hard and voice the Lord Incion rain, and there
his pray shall reign to him, shall princess bend the knee, and kings
there glory brings. I could sing all day, but I shouldn't because we
have something to talk about today. But the fact is really and truly that
God reigns like he reigns, he reigns, and we're going into the scriptures.
Let's begin in the Book of Psalms, chapter ninety seven and verse two
to see something about this reign of God as King of kings and Lord of
lords. It's an honor to worship and to serve him, I promise you
it is in the book inverts to it reads, clouds and darkness are round
about him. Righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne. And what
is the action item in that regard? Then then we should strive to live
a life of righteousness and fairness, mirroring God's righteous nature. It says he
is righteous, Righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne. We want
to be in his throne with him. I think Jesus said to those who
overcome, he will grant to sit with him in his throne, even as
he is overcome and is set in his father's throne. And therefore it is
our privilege right now to live a life of righteousness I'm saying it again,
and fairness mirror ring God's just or righteous nature. Here's another one from Psalm
chapter ninety seven and verse one. The Lord reigneth, let the earth rejoice,
let the multitude of the isles be glad thereof. And so we want
to celebrate God's sovereignty. Take time, I should say, invest time each
day to rejoice in God's sovereignty. Aren't you glad that God is sovereign over
all and not you. You don't need to make any decisions that have to
do with the eternity of people. You don't make decisions about people on all
of these continents on planet Earth. You don't make decisions about what happens to
all of the animals and all of the other elements and everything that is surviving
and thriving on planet Earth. Because God is the one who reigns, and
we should be celebrating his sovereignty. Invest time each day to rejoice about God's
sovereignty. Acknowledging his rule over your life and over the world will put a
hole in pride. You understand that, you recognize that He is sovereign over
all, and you celebrate that, it will put a hole in pride.
Let's go to verse five Psalms, chapter ninety seven, and the Bible reads
the hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, and the presence
of the Lord of the whole earth. I want you also to invest moments
in nature. We were in nature the other day, my wife and I,
yes, and just enjoying the seaside the stones that were on that sea
side at Wikiwacky Beach in Saint Andrew, Jamaica, right, and we looked
at the dark colored sand. It's different than the sand on the North coast,
but it was it was a part of God's nature. And so we
invested time in nature, just quietly recognizing the blessing that God is in how
He has given us the privilege of being good stewards over it. So we
want to reflect on God's power and his presence in creation, not that God
is creation. We don't have the time to deal with that problem. But
God is the lord of, He is the creator of. He's the one
who is always in charge of the nature that we see. I love being
in Saint Elizabeth here in Jamaica. Right, it's a parish, and there's
a place called Lover's Leap. You can look that up. But there comes
a point when you walk toward this this like a little a little fence if
you want to say, so you don't accidentally fall over and then go down
into the sea. Right, there's a point where you can't descern, depending
on the way that the sun is shining or not shining, right, you
can't discern which part is the sky and which part is the sea. It
is the most incredible experience. It's weird because your body wants to process,
your mind and eyes want to process what's going on. Sometimes you can't see
whether that's the sky or whether that's the sea. So I appreciate the magnitude
of the God who created everything that we can see and cannot see, like
animate and inanimate, including us. I'm thankful. Let me just pause right
there. Let's see if we can do another verse here. Verse ten Psalm
chapter ninety seven. Ye that love the Lord hate evil. If you love
God, you hate evil. Brothers and sisters. He preserveth the souls of
his saints. He delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked. So
we want to join hands, join forces with God and combat evil with good.
He said, don't be overcome with evil, but overcome evil with good.
That's what he wants. Stand against injustice. I think our brother,
our brother, doctor Martin Luther King Junior, the late doctor Martin Luther King
Junior, said something like injustice anywhere is in justice everywhere. Stand against injustice
and evil, trusting in God's protection and his guidance. I'll share a couple
of more points. Find joy in God's ways that's from verse eleven, and
also express gratitude verse twelve. Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous, and
give thanks at the remembrance of His holiness, and each day in prayer of
thanksgiving, reflecting on God's holiness and goodness in your life. The Lord reigns?
Does he reign in your life? Our wonderful day? 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,