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 ahead, morning, Good morning,
good morning. It is Wednesday, March twenty seven, 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.
This is the final week through the Book of Psalms, and our caption
for today is Waiting in God's Sabbath Rest. Waiting in God's Sabbath Rest.
We'll get into that in just a moment, but first I'd like to say
welcome to you and ask you to go over to your Daily Portion dot com.
Please join our online community, pick up the your Daily Portion book and
let us know, please and thanks. Where you are in the world,
I still have gotten over a thousand responses where that is concerned. It helps
me to see, like where are God's people, Where are the people who
are also spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ into all the world from your vantage
point, and it gives me encouragement. So please, that's all the reason
is. I will admit that's all it is, Ah, but please do
so at your Daily Portion dot com. This is a way that we continue
to build faith and fellowship. Please let's go ahead and pray and then we
will get underway. Father in Heaven, thank you for giving us this new
day, this new morning, for the privilege that you have entrusted to us
to open up your word. And I ask you that we will live this
word now in Jesus's name, Amen and Amen again, waiting in Sabbath rest.
That's an interesting way of starting the lesson. We're going into the Book
of Psalms chapter ninety two in just a moment, but first I want to
read from the lesson writer the praise of God for the great works of his
hands and the eden like portrayal of the righteous. Clearly point to creation.
So we see here really an answer to the question that comes right before this,
But I'll get into that in a moment. And then the first aspect
of the first aspect that Sabbath commemorates, the Psalm also magnifies the Lord for
his victory over enemies as the God of justice, and so reinforces the second
Sabbath theme, redemption from evil. Thus, Psalm chapter ninety two extols God
for his past creation and present sustaining of the world, and it points to
the end time hope in eternal divine peace and order. Are you tired of
disorder? I'm talking about disorder in your mind, disorder at work, this
ordering your household, disordering your society and community, I want to say,
and I don't want to mix it up, but I may make a mistake
here. But I was looking at how things are organized in the country,
either of Gambia or Namibia, and I was like, I was awe struck.
I was like, wait a minute. Wait. When I was watching
some videos and I said, wow, this place is orderly. It's one
of them. You tell me which one of one of them it is.
It's like it's actually awe inspiring it's it's it's it's like I was arrested by
the fact that this place was so orderly. It's one of them, one
of them. But anyway, most places in society are not orderly. People
are disorderly. People's thoughts are disorderly. They're intense. And what they plan
to do with people or two people disorderly, what their plans and goals are,
and their businesses disorderly, what they plan at work disorderly, just looking
for the next best fill in the blank. And it's just like, okay,
can we just focus on one thing, disorder and let's not talk about
law breaking in our societies, right. Ah, But we have the privilege
of seeing the order of God's creation. How he said that everything he had
created is good, good, very good. Right, and then sin entered
into the world and things change. Society went crazy, people went off spiritually,
and even in nature, things went the opposite way of what God had
intended when he created us. You see. Ah, But what God is
saying to us is when we look at how the Sabbath is, what it
commemorates is God's power in creation. It shows us that He is the one
who sanctifies us, which is recreation. So we see the power of God
in creation and the power of God in transforming our lives to make us holy
after everything went awry and the world became disorderly. And so two aspects of
the Sabbath highlighted in the book of Psalms chapter ninety two. As I've already
said, is creation and also redemption from evil. Let me read verses one
and two of Psalm chapter ninety two. Oh Most High, oh wait,
I started writing in the middle of the sentence. It is good to give
thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to your almost High, to declare
your loyal love in the morning and your faithfulness during the night. And so
this again commemorates his power, his love, and his creation. Okay,
and so we should be practicing gratitude. Are you thankful to God? There
are times that people receive from God and don't go back and give him thanks.
As you are inhaling and exhaling right now, that's a reason to be
grateful. Huh. As you do eat your next meal, whether it's what
you want or what you need, that's a reason to be thankful for the
fact that you are listening here or watching right now. And God is speaking
to you through his word. That is a reason to give thanks, because
it is good to give thanks to the Lord and to sing praises to his
name. So make a daily habit of expressing gratitude for God's creation and his
blessings in our lives. Now. In verse five of the Book of Psalms,
chapter ninety five, the Bible reads, how great are your works,
Oh Lord, your plans are very intricate, intricate, intrict I always say,
Get okay, So invest time in nature. Look around and see what
God has done, what his works, the works of his hands, the
works of him saying let there be light, And there was light, and
saying that the waters should be filled with teams of fish and all kinds of
other sea creatures. Yes, think about the great works that God has put
into place, and then and then consider the complexity of the beauty of it
all, and say, God, you did that for us, because you
know what is coming has never been seen or experienced before. He's done so
much, so many things that are so beautiful, even after the even at
the aftermath of volcanoes. The most beautiful countries of the world, our volcanic
countries, where destruction comes, but then all kinds of new life and new
growth and beautiful things in nature comes in the aftermath. It's the weirdest thing
to me. Maybe I shouldn't say weird, but it's weird because so much
destruction and then the recreation is so beautiful. And that's in the world that
has fallen. But have not seen, neither hath ear heard, neither have
it entered into the heart of humankind, the things that God is preparing for
his children. So we reflect on God's works and of course continue to give
gratitude. Now on the Sabbath in particular, let's read now from the Book
of Psalms, chapter ninety two again round verse twelve. The images of palm
trees and ceedars of Lebanon. They portray this is what I'm referencing here.
They portray God's people. Grow in faith. Use the Sabbath hours to grow
in your understanding of God and to find rest in His creation and redemption.
So get out into nature and see what great things God has done there.
And think, wait a minute, God is renewing people too. He has
the power to create and to renew in nature. Can he create and renew
in my human nature to make me more like him. And of course we
want to stay or remain remove, remain rooted in faith of God. This
is one of the things that we do as we experience the sabbath rests,
looking forward to the coming of the Lord 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,