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 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 L. David Harris. Good morning, good morning, good morning.
It is Tuesday, October three, two twenty three. Hello. Hello,
My name is L. 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 lessons study series.
God's Mission, My mission, God's mission, my mission, and our caption
for today is the God who came or became one with us. Let me
say it again, the God who became one with us. Oh that's a
good one. We will get into that in just a moment, but first
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can spread the gospel together. Let's go ahead and pray and then yet under
way. Father in Heaven, thank you for giving us this new day and
for giving us the privilege to come together in this manner. Please draw us
into your presence, help us to love you and to begin to embrace the
blessing that you are to us in giving us your son in Jesus name,
I praying Amen and Amen again. There is an incredible mystery that is outlined
in the scriptures. All throughout scripture there is there are references, hundreds and
hundreds of references. But when the reality came, it was astonishing, I
mean arresting in its impact. You know, what it is. Yeah,
Paul said, great is the mystery of God that God became like a human.
And we're speaking about Jesus Christ, God the Son. That's the second
person, if you want to call it. In the Godhead, God the
Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit. We're talking about God
the Son putting on human flesh, human form, yes, continuing, continuing
to be equal with God our Father. And yet at the same time,
somehow this divine mathematics says one hundred percent God, one hundred percent human.
And it took all of that to save us. The God who became one
with us, you see, he came to seek us when Adam had sinned.
Adam and Eve really, but when Adam had sinned in the garden of
Eden, God came in pursuit of us. And we talked about yesterday.
The God who longs to be with us. He's gone through all that it
takes in order to save people, and at some point he's going to just
close up that work, close down that mission, and simply accept those who
will accept him in return. And so God went to the extent that he
became as one of us in order to save us. Can you imagine going
to that extreme to save someone many of whom, some of the people just
really didn't want to be saved anyway, and yet he did it anyway.
Oh my, So let's again we're all about action. As we learn our
lessons, we are still about action. So I want you to embrace the
prophetic promise. When you're thinking about God who became like us in order to
save us, embrace the prophetic assurance. And here is a context. In
Isaiah chapter forty six, Versus nine and ten, the Bible says, I
am God. There is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning,
saying my purpose will be established and I will accomplish all my good pleasure.
Can I ask you a question, how do God's words from the past
assure you of his plans for the future? Can I ask you just one
more time, how do God's God's words from the past, like the promises
that he has made, the things that he told you would come like?
How does his words from the past assure you of his plans or the future.
Let me just jump in here and say, while you are mulling this
over, that the same God who created the worlds right in just six literal
days and then he rested on the seventh day and sanctified it. The same
God who said let there be light and there was light, also said that
Jesus Christ would come. He said that there would be a messiah like Shiloh
would come, the one who would come and save his people from their sins,
the one who was equal to God in eternal nature, according to Micah
chapter five in verse two, would come out of Bethlehem. Frita. I
wish I had the time to deal with that experience with Boaz, and oh,
my goodness, just so much I could say in ruth. But God
is saying that I have given you. I think Jesus said, I I
have told you these things before they happen, so that when they do happen,
you will know that I am he. And in the Book of Isaiah
in the forties, the chapters called in the forties, there were times that
God would flex his supernatural muscles and apologies to people who don't like that imagery,
but he was going all in, and he was saying, who are
those gods who you have erected that you are placing in my path to stand
up against me? Let them declare the end from the beginning. Let them
call the worlds and put them in place, let them stand up in those
ways, and then I will bow to them. But of course there is
no takers, there are no answers. Malak has to bow like Bayl and
Ashtarov have to go, like all of the false gods of the past and
present must bow. The paradigms of the foolish humans that created them, the
altars that people have erected to missing in false gods, all of that has
to bow. Why Because I am God, God has said, and there
was none like me, he declares the end from the beginning. That means
He's eternal. He is eternal. And so I want you to reflect on
God's words in the past, the promises he has made, and how they
have come to past, and see how that impacts His plans in your life
for the future. I also want you to witness God's promises fulfilled. In
this context. Matthew Chapter one, in verse twenty three reads, behold the
Virgin, what a miracle. The Virgin will be with child and bear a
son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel. I think we said something
about God being with us. Yes, the mystery of God where Christ becomes
like us in order to make us like God. Yes. With that being
interpreted, God with us. So I want you to ponder today, in
what ways do you see God's promises being fulfilled in your life? As God
promised to be with you and never forsake you. Yes, yes, Lord,
Yes, has God promised that even though you sin, if you confess
your sins, he is faithful and just to forgive you and to cleanse you
from all unrighteousness. Yes, Lord, Yes, you have kept your promise.
When your mother or your father, are some guardian or someone else who
saw you on the street prayed and laid hands on you and spoke over your
life and declared the promise of God that you would be the head and not
the tale. Right, you would be a leader and not the follower.
You would be a lender and no longer a borrower, That you would be
just like God. And people would be amazed by God and say, how
could you redeem a sinner like him? How could you redeem a sinner like
her? And in your life now you see the manifestation. Yes, Lord,
yes, And I want you also to discover the way to the Father.
In closing, discover the way to the Father. Jesus said, I
am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. And no one cometh
unto the Father, but by me. God has put a plan in place
that he gives a direct pathway el Camino a Cristo, a pathway to Christ.
Hallelujah. Thanks for joining us listening to 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 l David Harris. Make it
a great day.