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, March six, 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 lesson study series through the Book of
Psalms, and our caption for today is the Parable of the Lord's Vine.
The Parable of the Lord's Vine. We'll get into that in just a month
moment, but first I'd like to say welcome to you and ask you to
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in that regard. Let's go ahead and pray, and then we will get
underway. Father in Heaven, thank you for giving us the opportunity to open
your word today. Please fill us with your holy spirit. Teach us to
serve you. Please, Lord, help us to be connected to you and
not let go. In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen and Amen again.
You know Jesus said, I am the vine. You are the branches,
and everybody who stays connected to me. Let me just read it.
Actually, let me not mess it up here John chapter fifteen. Let's go
to the book of John chapter fifteen. I am the true vine, beginning
at verse one. And my father is the vine dresser or the husbandman.
Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh away, and every
branch that beareth fruit he prunes it. So it can be better, yep,
that it may bring forth more fruit. Okay, Now ye are clean
through the word which I have spoken to you. Abide in me and I
in you. As a branch cannot bear fruit of itself except it abide in
the vine. No more can ye except ye abide in the vine. I
am the vine. You are the branches. He that abide in me and
I in him. So now we know what the cheatk code is. Now
we know what we need in order to win here. So he that abideth
in me and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit. For
without me you can do nothing. If a person abide not in me,
he is cast forth as a branch, and that is withered, and people
gather them and cast them in the fire and are burned verse seven. In
final, if ye abide in me, now we have some clarity, and
my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it
shall be done unto you. Isn't it a privilege for us to be in
the vine, which is Jesus Christ. Isn't it a privilege to be called
by him? This is the parable of the Lord's vine. Now we're going
back to the Book of Psalms. It is it. It is clear now
that it's about abiding in God through Christ. In twenty twenty four. We
don't have to look only into the past, but we can see now what
this looks like in our day through Christ. Okay, and so we go
to the Book of Psalms, chapter eighty, just to see the imagery now.
And first, let me sorry read some of what the lesson writer said.
Israel is portrayed, or God's people is portrayed as a vineyard that God
uprooted from Egypt, the land of oppression, and transported into the promised land
for abundance. The image of the vineyard conveys God's selection or election of God's
people Israel, and his providential care. However, however, God's vineyard is
under the wrath of God. The prophets announced the vineyard's destruction as a sign
of God's judgment because the vine has turned bad. The vine has turned bad.
Remember what I read from the Book of John gave us the key to
this, that we need to be abiding in Him and God abiding in us,
so we do bear much fruit. If not, then we are separated,
we wither. And then men come and gather together gather these together,
and they are are burned. And so this is why we need to focus
on what happened to the people in the past, the decisions they have made.
Okay, and so verse eight of the Book of Psalms, chapter eighty
reads, thus you uprooted a vine from Egypt, and you drove out nations
and transplanted it. So now we see that God, because he's good,
not because we're good, but God, because he's good, elected his people
and took care of them, not because of anything that they had done.
But then in verse twelve we see this interesting contrast. Why have you broken
down its walls so that all who pass by pluck its fruits? So this
symbolizes God's displeasure and his corrective judgment. So God is equal, like he's
not just turning a blind eye, Like he's not turning a blind eye and
saying like, no matter what to his people, whatever happens, it doesn't
matter, I'm going to live. I'm gonna do this for you. No,
there are times that God's judgment comes because God's people refuse to repent.
You understand, And I'm not talking about only God's people in this context.
I am speaking of God's people. So if we don't repent, then God
has given us a clear cut reality. The wrath of God does come.
We can't shy away from it. We cannot act like this is not part
of also the character of God. Because ultimately God's purpose in the earth is
to adjoin it to heavenly places like the holiness and the righteousness that exists throughout
other areas of the universe. He needs the earth to come into line so
that one day sin and sinfulness will be completely gone. Sin and sinners will
be gone, the devil and all of his evil angels will have been destroyed.
And so God has to do what he has to do. But guess
what. God is so good and you want to say, well, how
good is he? Dad? He's so good that this does not have to
be our plight, Like we can actually serve and follow God so that this
does not have to be our outcome. And so there is a tension between
God's wrath and his grace right and we see it clearly in verse nineteen.
God of Heaven's armies restore us, smile on us, then we will be
delivered. Isn't it good that God still can smile on his people. Isn't
it good that when we call on him he will answer? Ah? Isn't
it good that we can turn away from our sins and turn away from our
unrighteousness and be delivered so that we can be holy? Yes? And so
this Psalmist grapples with the coexistence of God's wrath and his grace. Grace is
power of God to do in our lives what he wants us to do,
fearing total consumption by God's anger. So this portrays the hope of redemption despite
God's judgment. There is hope that we can be holy. There is hope
that our relationship can be restored and not have to be fearful. We don't
have to be be fearful of God's wrath. We just need to turn toward
God. And in that vein we go to the Book of Jeremiah, chapter
twenty four and verse seven. I want you to see yourselves in this regard
and verse seven, I will give them the desire to acknowledge that I am
the Lord. You realize that God is giving us his desires, like there
are people who don't desire God, and God is saying, I'm going to
instill it into the bosom of these people right to acknowledge that I am the
Lord. They will be my people and I will be their God, for
they will hoolleheartedly return to me. Of course, he's speaking in a particular
context, but it gives us the heart and mind of God, repentance as
returning to God. The concept of being restored is linked to repentance and returning
to God. This indicates that there is transformation and renewal that can happen when
we are committed to God. I'm thankful that there is this parable of the
vibe. But God has given us the promise that we can live eternally with
Him. 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,