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's Tuesday, February twenty seven, 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 forever Faithful to His Covenant, Forever Faithful
to His Covenant. We'll get into that in just a moment, but first
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portion dot Com. Let's go ahead and pray, and then we will get
underway. Father and Heaven, thank you for giving us this new day and
for the privilege we have to open your word again. Please teach us to
be faithful to you. In Jesus' name, I pray Amen and Amen again,
forever faithful to His Covenant. Now, I know that there are some
of you who are like Bible scholars, and if I say something about covenant,
You're going to wonder, well, which one. And then if I
say something that seems to be related to a covenant related to Noah or the
New Covenant or the Davidic Covenant or some other covenant in the cloud because of
the rainbow after the flood where Noah and so forth right, and you'll want
to be like detailed and say, well, no, that's not which one
we were talking about. Okay, So I'm going to use the covenantal concept
as a principle today. Okay, So don't worry texts me or anything like
that and say, Dave, you missed the detail, because the principle of
these covenants and God's response and how this thing all works out is the same,
Okay, the same. So the fact is that God makes covenant with
humans. God makes covenant with humans, and the thing about it is humans
are faulty. Man, say that again, Humans are faulty. We make
a covenant with God, we make promises and vows to God and then fall
short, not always because we intend to fall short, but because our humanity
is limited. It's not an excuse, it's a reason. I'll come back
to that. So where David failed, we'll go to this Davidic covenant.
Where David failed, the son of David more than succeeded. I'm going to
come back to that principle in just a moment, Okay, let me read
from the lesson and then we'll get into the word. Although the human component
of the covenant failed, the people could rest in the promise of God's unchanging
promises through the Messiah. So you see where this is going. The humans
failed in the covenant, but the promises are kept through Messiah, who embodies
all righteousness and salvation of Israel and of the whole world. That is,
in the end, God will prevail and his eternal Kingdom will be established forever,
but only because Jesus, not because of God's people keep the covenant.
So Jesus is the son of David the Messiah according to Matthew chapter one and
verse one and Hebrews chapter one and verse eight. So I think we have
a base line here. The fact is, brothers and sisters, that covenants
have two sides. Now, God makes covenant with us that he will establish
relationships so that we can live eternally. That's an understatement. And then he
says, through what we call the New Covenant, that he makes with the
House of Israel. And we understand in the New Testament, these are anyone
who are baptized into Christ and now become Abraham's seed. So once we yield
our will to God, that means that we are recipients of this covenant,
even though he used the imagery of Israel, you see. And so he
makes this covenant between us and him, that he will write his laws in
our hearts and on our minds so that we can be His people, so
that we can keep covenant. You're like, but Dave, we fail so
much. We broke the covenant. That is true. So there is the
God side and the human side, the God side of the covenant and the
human side. Because God knows you, brothers and sisters, because he knows
me, he took care of both sides. Let me say that again.
He took care of both sides. And so let's get to the human side.
We understand that God keeps his covenant good on the human side. Now,
in the fullness of time, the Bible writer said, God sent forth
his son, made of a woman, made under the law, so that
he could fulfill what is in the law, and we could be adopted as
his children. We shall receive the adoption of sons. We were condemned to
eternal death, but because of Jesus coming and the fullness of time threw Mary
miraculously by the Holy Spirit. Now Jesus being the ultimate human, the ultimate
representation of what humanity was intended to be when God created Adam. Now that
second atom, this representative now of the human race, the son of David.
In Air quotes, he keeps the human side where Adam failed, the
second atom wins. Where David, the king, who was after God's own
heart, where he failed, and all of the kings that came after him,
where they technically failed. Some of them in an abysmal way, but
because of their humanity they failed. Where the throne was vacated by Zedekiah,
like no more earthly kings on David's throne, Jesus Christ, the son of
David, succeeded. I think we're getting the picture now. So God keeps
the covenant from the God side, and then when Jesus Christ comes through as
Messiah, he keeps the human side, so that by faith we can become
covenant keepers. This is good. This is good, It's more than good.
And so the Bible actually begins this has a discussion of this in the
Book of Psalms, chapter one hundred and thirty two, verses ten through twelve.
And by the way, this is why we should be praying. God,
Please keep your promises through me. Lord, when I want to do
right, please teach me to do right in your strength. Abide in me.
So when I am living and moving and breathing, I am living and
moving and breathing according to the power that you put in my life. The
Bible reads here in verse ten. For the sake of David, your servant,
do not reject your chosen king. The Lord made a reliable promise to
David. He would not go back on his word. He said, I
will place one of your descendants on the throne. Now do you understand how
this works? We know now that the Davidic line had ended, at least
according to the normal human kingly succession, Zedekiah was the last one. Now
who was going to ascend the throne? God? Is it gonna be?
Well? I won't get into that. I think I'm gonna get on a
soapbox if I if I go off here, let me not do this.
Ah, But who is it going to be? God? It will not
be an emperor coming out of Ethiopia. It will not be some guy on
the internet who says that he is a descendant of the throne of David.
He is not. It says here in verse twelve. If your sons keep
my covenant and the rules I teach them, their sons will also sit on
your throne forever. Well, we know that they did not keep the covenant.
We know that they failed miserably. And so now enter g Jesus the
first born. According to Isaiah Psalm chapter eighty nine, at verse one,
I will appoint him to be my first born son, the most exalted of
the Earth's kings. I will always extend my loyal love to him, and
my covenant in him is secure. I will give him an eternal dynasty and
make his throne as enduring as the sky above. And so, Jesus is
a fulfillment of that covenant where David's descendants failed. And I'm so thankful.
Why because when I make a promise to God, now I can keep it.
Why because God empowers me to keep my promise to God. Do you
see how that works. It's a circle of love, forever faithful to his
covenant. Thank you God, 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,