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 Tuesday, March nineteen, 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 this is a twelfth week. We're getting up to thirteen,
so yes, it's been a good time. Our caption for today is Lord,
who may abide in your tabernacle, Who may abide, who can abide
in your Tabernacle. We'll get into that in just a moment, but before
we do, I'd like to say welcome to everyone joining us, especially those
joining us for the very first time. Good afternoon to those who are living
on the continent of Africa. Some of you are in the UK and in
other places of the world. That is, yeah, they've gotten ahead of
us. And very very good early morning to the rest of us who are
experiencing this time at just minutes after five am. Let's go ahead and pray
and then get underway. Father in Heaven, thank you for the privilege that
you have entrusted to us to open your word. And I am asking you
to give us that abiding mindset that we will not be willing to separate ourselves
from you. In Jesus' name, I pray Amen and a men again.
You know, God is a very welcoming person. God is very welcoming.
I need to be very careful how I represent God's nature. Okay, so
that's why I am I'm stuttering here because I was about to misrepresent him.
God is very welcoming. He's a welcoming God. And yeah, so you
wonder, well what kinds of people are welcomed into his holy hill, into
his tabernacle, his presence. And I need to be very careful how I
communicate this to you because God is a good God. Right, He's good,
And you want to say, well, how good is he? He's
so good that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever, and I love
that terminology. Right now, whosoever Ah believeth in him should not perish,
but have everlasting life. God did not send his son into the world to
condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved. And
so who is it that God is welcoming. It's whosoever will surrender our will
to him. That can be everybody on planet Earth. But unfortunately, not
everybody will accept the invitation. And so I want you to understand the question
and then the answer here in Psalms chapter fifteen. God is welcoming. God,
who does he welcome into his presence? Well, he welcomes everybody,
But everybody can't come. Everybody won't be able to enter. Why not because
some people will disqualify ourselves. God forbid, some people will disqualify ourselves.
Okay, so make some more sense, make this make sense, all right?
And so fifteen, beginning at verse one, Lord, who may be
a guest in your home? I like how the New English translation translates this,
who may be a guest in your home, who may live on your
holy hill. The Bible says, whoever lives a blameless life, who does
what is right and speaks honestly. I think now we get to we get
the picture like In order for us to live like this, who to live
a blameless life, to do what is right and to speak honestly, and
whatever else we are about to read these individuals, we need to surrender our
will to God. Let him in his power, transform our lives so that
we do live blameless lives. Ah, that we do what is right,
that we do learn to speak honestly. Continuing verse three, he does not
slander, nor do harm to others, or insult his neighbor. He despises
a reprobate, but honors the Lord's loyal followers. He makes firm commitments and
does not renege on his promises. Wo there are so many people who make
vows and break them. We get married, we vow to love forever these
spouses that we have chosen, and then we live a life that's contrary sometimes
and break that vow and go outside of the marriage, and God forbid even
divorce, and break the marriage covenant completely, sever the bond to the one
that we said we would be with until Jesus comes, or if God forbid,
we should go to sleep before he comes. Ah. Sometimes we have
made commitments to people in business relationships, and these people have done their end
of the given their end of the bargain. But we reneg on those promises.
And so the people who don't reneg who do keep our commitments, these
individuals are welcome to do what into it live in his home, You understand.
I thank God for his promises. What if God renegged on his promises.
Let's go to verse five. God forbid Huh. He does not charge
interest when he lends his money. He does not take bribes to testify against
the innocent. Uh. The one who lives like this will never be up
ended. Now I'm going to read from the Bible commentary here from verse one.
It's very interesting, very interesting. Let me scroll to it. The
thing is eluding me. Ah, Okay, here we go. Go to
verse one. It says here the psalm begins with the idea of God as
a host. So God is hosting brothers and sisters people people where in his
presence? What language do we see as representing his presence? That is tabernacle.
It's actually it can be seen as a verb like to tabernacle, to
abide with God, to be in alignment with God, so that we are
we are are in agreement, and when we're in his presence, there's no
rub, there is no conflict. We are in harmony with the Lord.
Okay, so it begins in this way, Well, what kind of guests
does God want in his house? Eleven particulars are given to answer the question,
and of course we would have read through those. And then he wants
us to abide. That means literally to sojourn. It means not staying,
but so journing only for a little while as a guest. What And then
the second half brings this idea of dwelling. The second half of the verse
carries the temporary idea over into that of permanence. What guest is qualified to
become a permanent part of God's household? Do you see what's happening here?
Yeah? So living on planet Earth is really tricky. You know why because
every single day we have the opportunity and the privilege really to decide, really
the right let me take back privilege. We have the right to decide whether
We're going to be on God's side or not. We can choose whether we're
going to be on the enemy's side or on God's side, all day,
every day. Even as I'm speaking to you eight minutes into our broadcast this
morning, I am making a decision. Am I going to be on the
Lord's side? As for me and my house? Are we going to serve
the Lord? And so if the answer is yes, and we continue along
that pathway of yes, or if God forbid, we stumble and fall and
we live a lifestyle that manifests and no answer a negative response to being holy
and being in right relationship with God. If we will repent now and confess
our sins, God is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to
cleanse us from all unrighteousness, and then if the Lord, if we accept
the Lord's strengthen our lives and continue along that pathway, then we will have
a permanent home and experience as tabernacle with God. So make the decision every
day, all day, brothers and sisters, as the Lord gives strength,
then one day we will be sealed in that mindset, and we will be
among those who are righteous, righteous, and who remains righteous still, Who
Lord, who may abide in your tabernacle. Anybody who is cooperative with you?
Isn't that wonderful? Be cooperative with God. 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.