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, October seventeen, twenty twenty three. 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 God's mission, My mission,
and our caption for today is Abraham's Call. Abraham's Call. We'll get
into that in just a moment, but first I'd like to say welcome to
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ahead and pray, and then we will get underway. Father and Heaven,
thank you for giving us this day and for the privilege that you have entrusted
to us to see ourselves vicariously through Abraham's story. Please help us to be
not only called, but chosen in Jesus's name. I pray, Amen and
Amen again, Abraham's call, Abraham's call. Let me jump into what the
lesson writer says, and then we'll go further, and it says, following
the call of God, Abraham entered the land as God had commanded him.
Can I ask you a question, please, wherever you are in the world,
has God ever called you? Do you remember when Eli was mentoring Samuel.
It was a whole interesting story because really Eli wasn't good at mentoring his
own children, but he was able to mentor one of the greatest prophets that
we've ever seen. But that's a different study, very interesting. But Samuel,
he was resting at night, they were sleep and he heard a voice
and then he gets up. He runs to Eli and says, yes,
I'm here. Did you call me? And Eli's like, no, I
didn't call you, and then it happened again. And then after that,
Eli said, you know, when you hear the voice again, I want
you to say, speak Lord, for thy servant heareth. And of course
Samuel did that, and long story short, the rest is history. When
God calls you, are you saying, speak Lord, thy servant heareth.
When God spoke to Abraham and told him to leave his life land and go
to a place that he would tell him in the future, Abraham heard the
voice, knew it was God, and did exactly what God said. This
is something that we need to begin doing if we're not already. When God
speaks. It's not for us to just be able to hear proverbially, or
for us to just acknowledge that, yes, God is wanting something from me.
No, it is for us to accept and then do what God says.
Reading from the Lesson again, However, right from the start, things
don't seem to go too well for him. He arrived where God told him
to go, but according to the Bible, the Canaanites were then in the
land pagan's known for their cruelty and violence. No, no wonder, no
wonder that right after Abraham got there, the Lord appeared to him to say,
to your descendants, I will give this land. No doubt Abraham needed
the encouragement. Sometimes we need encouragement when we are listening and doing what God
has said. Now, let's begin by reading from the Book of Genesis,
chapter twelve. The Book of Genesis, chapter twelve, and I'll read verses
ten through thirteen, and the Bible reads. And there was a famine in
the land, and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there. For the
famine was grievous in the land, and it came to pass when he was
come near to enter into Egypt. Then he said, unto Sarah, his
wife, behold, now know that thou art a fair woman to look upon.
Oh boy, this is not going well. Say I pray THEE that
thou art my sister, that it may be well with me for thy sake,
and my soul shall live because of thee. Now listen, listen,
listen, listen. Abram should have just simply trusted God. So when he
said she's my he was really hiding the fact that she was his wife.
That's really why it was a lie. She was his wife. He was
hiding the fact that she was his wife in order to save his skin,
to preserve himself at least that's what he thought he would do. And you
know his son did that. Like I don't know if it's forty years later,
same lie, same for the same reason. Like ridiculous, right,
But understand the human tendency to falter in faith and learn to trust God.
That is our first our first mindset right here. Reflect on the moments of
faltering in faith in your life and how even a great man like Abraham had
moments of fear and distrust, and then renew your commitment. Mm, because
you know, the Bible says that Abraham is the father of the was the
father of the faithful, and we are heirs according to the promise God gave
to Abraham when we give ourselves to God in covenant lifestyle. Yeah, so
we're not making him superman, Like we're not making him some fictitious character wearing
tights flying in the sky up up in a way, like he's not the
Incredible Hulk, the Bionic Man, the six million Dollar Man or whatever they
call him, Like he is not a spider man, like Abraham is a
real He was a real human whom God called and chose who made mistakes,
But because he chose to make an about turn, because he chose to turn
the shoulder by the Holy Spirit, because he chose to repent and do exactly
what God said. The Bible says it was accounted unto him for righteousness.
All that Abraham did was to cooperate with God ultimately, and it was accounted
unto him for righteousness. So when we make mistakes and when we sin,
if we will make an about turn, if we will repent and then agree
with what God says, then we can be seen as faithful in heaven as
well. Now let's go to the Book of Genesis, chapter twelve and verse
six. The Bible reads, and Abram passed through the land unto the space
of Sikhim Psychem, unto the land of Mare, and the Canaanite was then
in the land. First, recognize the importance of remaining steadfast when your faith
is tried. See God calls you, He said, I need you to
go and do this, And then all of a sudden, there is this
big brick wall, Like there is a brick wall in your relationships. I
don't know, it could be a brick wall in your work situation. Or
your professional life, or you're launching a business. There's a brick wall,
but you know that God said do this. And then all of a sudden
you see something rise up in front of you that will be discouraging to you.
What do you do? Do you run and hide? Do you turn
away? Do you second guest? Do you doubt? Do you say God,
why did you do this to me? No? When facing hostility and
adversity, like the Canaanites in Abraham's time, cling to God's promises and seek
guidance, remembering that he has a plan and a purpose in every situation.
I wish I had the time. Let's go to verse seven of the same
chapter. And the Lord appeared unto Abraham and said, unto thy seed,
will I give this land? And there builded he an altar unto the Lord
who appeared unto him. Acknowledge the reassurance of God's encouragement. You see again,
there are times that you will encounter trials and tribulations after you do what
God says. What you should do in those moments is say God, I
know that you have called me, I know that you are guiding me.
I know that you have chosen me and therefore I'm on the lookout for encouragement.
But in the meantime, I'm just gonna follow you. Whether the whether
thou goest, I will go. Yes, where thou leadest, I will
follow. And when trials come, I know that you are with me.
But then sometimes, like I say, out of the darkness, God will
call unto you and say, listen, listen, nothing has changed. This
mission must not be aborted. We're running forward and I am with you.
I'm with you. I want you to embrace those moments of encouragement when he
does that, and of course experience the patience and forgiveness of God. And
experience the patience and forgiveness of God. Recognize that even in our mistakes and
moments of weakness, God is patient and merciful. But of course we don't
want to take him for granted. Every wonderful day, 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,