1 00:00:01,199 --> 00:00:05,919 Most of us eat every day, some of us too much because yesterday's food 2 00:00:06,040 --> 00:00:10,720 is not enough to supply energy for today's needs. Why then, do some 3 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:15,640 of us expect yesterday's portion of heavenly manna the word of God to keep us 4 00:00:15,679 --> 00:00:20,239 through today's challenges. On this program, we are going to change all of 5 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:25,399 that. Let's experience God's words today and receive the power we need to live 6 00:00:25,519 --> 00:00:31,359 healthy, vibrant lives. Welcome to Your Daily Portion with your host, author 7 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:34,520 speaker, Elle David Harris. Good morning, Good morning, Good morning. 8 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:38,640 It is Monday, April eight, twenty twenty four. Hello, my name 9 00:00:38,679 --> 00:00:41,840 is El David Harris. I am your host, and this is your Daily 10 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:45,759 Portion where we give you God's word every single day, and today is no 11 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:51,679 exception. We are continuing in our Lesson study series the Great Controversy, and 12 00:00:51,759 --> 00:00:58,880 our caption for today is Christians providentially Preserved. I can say it another way, 13 00:00:59,079 --> 00:01:03,319 God's people providentally preserved. We'll get into that in just a moment, 14 00:01:03,319 --> 00:01:07,879 but first I'd like to say welcome to everyone joining us, especially those joining 15 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:11,280 us for the very first time. I'd ask you to please go over to 16 00:01:11,359 --> 00:01:15,359 your Daily Portion dot com. Please join our online community pick up your Daily 17 00:01:15,439 --> 00:01:21,040 Portion book and let us know where you are in the world at your Daily 18 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:25,640 Portion dot com. This is a way that we continue to build faith and 19 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:29,879 fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray, and then we will get underway. 20 00:01:30,439 --> 00:01:33,359 Father and Heaven, thank you for giving us this new morning and for this 21 00:01:33,599 --> 00:01:37,359 time for us to do work, work for you, for us to work 22 00:01:37,879 --> 00:01:41,439 for the kingdom, and work so that we can have a little food and 23 00:01:41,519 --> 00:01:45,040 some money to share with other people who need us. Father, I pray 24 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:49,079 now that you'll give us the fullness of your holy spirit and understanding in Jesus 25 00:01:49,239 --> 00:01:56,799 name, I pray Amen and a man again. Okay, So Christians providentally 26 00:01:56,959 --> 00:01:59,599 preserved. And it's like, well, what are we talking about today? 27 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:07,920 Just say that God preserves is people. May I say it again? God 28 00:02:07,039 --> 00:02:12,879 preserves his people? Okay? And so what we're going to do is read 29 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:17,240 from the Lesson study just a little bit here a few words. I underlined 30 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:23,520 these certain words, and I'm saying that when God says move, we need 31 00:02:23,599 --> 00:02:28,599 to move. It doesn't matter what we're talking about. The context is irrelevant. 32 00:02:28,639 --> 00:02:31,479 When God says to move, we need to move. If he says 33 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:36,840 to stand still, we need to stand still okay, and so I love 34 00:02:36,879 --> 00:02:43,280 these particular words, right, mercy talking about God's mercy, grace that is 35 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:49,039 power to do God's will, that is unmerited favor. God's grace is power 36 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:54,639 to do his will. Providence that means God's leading, like he arranges things 37 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:59,919 in our lives in order for us to be able to do whatever it is 38 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:02,879 that He has planned for us. Okay. And then for knowledge. I 39 00:03:02,879 --> 00:03:08,560 love these words mercy, grace, providence, and for knowledge in all things 40 00:03:08,599 --> 00:03:13,080 in our lives. Yes, even in the context of what we're talking about 41 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:19,080 today in the lesson. But I am not particularly excited about this word destruction. 42 00:03:20,039 --> 00:03:28,360 I'm not I'm not particularly enthused about the term destruction. But the difference 43 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:34,759 between the words that I said a moment ago and destruction in this context is 44 00:03:35,159 --> 00:03:42,039 submission. When we submit to God's will, we don't have to worry about 45 00:03:42,439 --> 00:03:46,520 destruction. We get to welcome his mercy, We get to embrace his grace, 46 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:53,520 We get to be enthused and thankful for his providence and thankful beyond measure 47 00:03:53,879 --> 00:03:57,800 for his fore knowledge. There is nothing that happens in my life in your 48 00:03:57,879 --> 00:04:01,680 lives that catches God off guard. Okay, Now, let me. Read 49 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:05,919 from the book The Great Controversy, page thirty, and it reads, the 50 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:14,000 promised Sign had been given to the waiting Christians. Now an opportunity was offered 51 00:04:14,039 --> 00:04:21,199 for those who would obey the Savior's warning. Events were so overruled that neither 52 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:27,279 Jews nor Romans should hinder the flight of God's people, right, And so 53 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:32,079 that's the end of the quote. So in seventy a d. The temple 54 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:38,759 at Jerusalem was destroyed. It's crazy, Like, the story is really really 55 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:43,279 interesting, and Jesus talked about it, as recorded in the Book of Matthew, 56 00:04:43,319 --> 00:04:47,360 chapter twenty four. But what the Bible is teaching us and history confirms 57 00:04:47,519 --> 00:04:54,079 is that even though no stone was to be left there, when Jesus warned 58 00:04:54,199 --> 00:05:00,279 the people, he wept over Jerusalem and said that I would have gathered you 59 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:04,120 together like a hen gathereth her chicks, but you rejected me. God's people 60 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:12,120 rejected him. The Bible and history confirms that, yeah, Jerusalem was fully 61 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:15,639 destroyed at that time, the temple that was in building for decades destroyed, 62 00:05:15,639 --> 00:05:18,879 and the people couldn't figure out how in the world could that be, Like, 63 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:23,240 how could that be possible? And Jesus Jesus said that this is what 64 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:27,560 it's going to be. But I'm not going to destroy people who actually love 65 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:30,600 me. This is not going to happen. See God's grace, his mercy, 66 00:05:30,639 --> 00:05:34,680 his providence, his fore knowledge are seen in clear action and view in 67 00:05:34,759 --> 00:05:42,199 that reality. Because those who moved when God said move had no problem with 68 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:46,480 destruction. And so the Bible reads in the Book of Luke, chapter twenty 69 00:05:46,519 --> 00:05:49,839 one, verses twenty and twenty one. And when ye shall see Jerusalem come 70 00:05:49,879 --> 00:05:57,120 pass with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. And so 71 00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:02,399 those marauding armies put down their stakes, their flags in the ground, and 72 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:06,920 surrounded Jerusalem. And there was a time, there was a short window when 73 00:06:06,959 --> 00:06:13,319 God gave his people the opportunity to escape, when they would see the sign 74 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:18,519 of this marauding army ready to pounce, and they were surrounding Jerusalem. The 75 00:06:18,519 --> 00:06:23,759 Bible says here in verse twenty one, then let them which are in Judea 76 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:27,800 flee to the mountains, and let them which are in the midst of it 77 00:06:27,959 --> 00:06:33,439 depart out, and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto So 78 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:38,800 God gave them the sign. What was the sign when you see the armies 79 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:44,560 compassing the city. Huh that was called the Holy that place where they would 80 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:47,560 come and they put down their flags. When you see this happening, it 81 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:51,160 is now time for you to make a move. Has God given you signs 82 00:06:51,199 --> 00:06:56,199 in your life to say, when I say move, you move? But 83 00:06:56,439 --> 00:07:00,600 God forbid that you would have ignored the sign. So you knew that God 84 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:04,759 said get out of that bad relationship. Huh. You knew when God said 85 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:12,199 to leave that particular work situation that was destroying your health and your well being. 86 00:07:12,319 --> 00:07:15,319 You knew when God was showing you that you had to remove your child 87 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:19,360 from the particular school because it was time for that child to grow in a 88 00:07:19,399 --> 00:07:24,079 different way. But you didn't listen. For God forbid. God gave you 89 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:28,839 a warning that a particular city that you were living in. Huh, your 90 00:07:28,879 --> 00:07:34,959 city was about to experience a natural disaster of mammoth proportions, and you didn't 91 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:40,240 move. You did not follow the inclination of the Holy Ghost. Well, 92 00:07:40,279 --> 00:07:46,079 in this case, the obvious ridiculous end was destruction for whoever didn't listen. 93 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:49,959 But for one hundred percent of people who listened to the call that God had 94 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:57,000 given, they were delivered. I think. The Bible teaches us that God 95 00:07:57,120 --> 00:08:01,120 preserves his people. I'm going to read. I'm going to read from the 96 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:03,959 Book of Psalms to encourage the thought. The Book of Psalms, chapter forty 97 00:08:05,319 --> 00:08:07,720 six, beginning at verse one. God is our refuge and our strength, 98 00:08:09,079 --> 00:08:13,680 a very hell, a present help in trouble. Therefore, I will not 99 00:08:13,879 --> 00:08:16,680 fear, though the heaven or the earth excuse me be removed, or the 100 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:22,480 mountains be carried into the midst of the sea, though the waters therefore roar 101 00:08:22,839 --> 00:08:26,920 and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling. Thereof Seelah, 102 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:31,879 there is a there is a deliberate pause for reflection. Yes, verse four, 103 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:37,320 there is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad. The city 104 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:41,639 of God, the holy place of the mountains of the Most High God, 105 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:46,320 is in the midst of her. She shall not be moved. God shall 106 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:52,279 help her. And that right early. So God is a refuge to us. 107 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:58,559 He is strength to us, He is our help. He will not 108 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:03,759 allow us to be moved. He can stand sturdy like an oak tree. 109 00:09:05,399 --> 00:09:11,799 We can stand sturdy like someone who was founded by the living rivers of waters. 110 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:16,320 Because God is with us. God is with us, and in Isaiah 111 00:09:16,399 --> 00:09:20,480 chapter forty one and verse ten, the Bible says, fear not, for 112 00:09:20,639 --> 00:09:22,679 I am with THEE. Be not dismayed, for I am thy God. 113 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:28,720 I will strengthen THEE. Yay. I will help thee. Yay. I 114 00:09:28,799 --> 00:09:33,200 will uphold THEE with the right hand of my righteousness. I said, God 115 00:09:33,279 --> 00:09:37,120 preserves as people. Aren't you glad that all you have to do is submit 116 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:41,200 to God and He will preserve you through any trial. A wonderful day, 117 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:48,840 Peace. Thanks for joining us listening. Friends. Always remember we cannot live 118 00:09:48,879 --> 00:09:52,720 by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God. 119 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:56,480 This has been your daily portion with El David Harris. Make it a 120 00:09:56,519 --> 00:10:00,279 great day. Yeah.