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 Thursday, March twenty eight, 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 Songs. This is our final week. Can you imagine? Yep punned.
Our caption for today is Joy Comes in the Morning. Joy Comes in
the Morning. We'll get into that in just a moment, but first I'd
like to say welcome to you and ask you to please go over to your
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daily portion dot com. This is a way that we continue to build faith
and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray and then get underway. Father and
Heaven, thank you for this day. And I'm asking you to give us
the kind of joy, the kind of joy that should fill our hearts as
we prepare for the coming of Jesus Christ. Teach us, Father that even
though things get difficult down here, that we should not lose our focus.
In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen and Amen again. Joy comes in
the morning. In the morning, have you ever driven through the night?
I do not like driving, by the way, and I'm looking forward to
the day that I can hire a driver. And I know some people are
like, that's excessive, bro, Like just get behind the wheel, start
up the vehicle, and be thankful that you're not on public transportation. But
well, in public transportation, somebody's driving me. So yeah, I don't
like to drive and so and it's really because I can't drive too fast anymore.
I got a ticket, you know, thirty years ago, thirty one
years ago, and that ticket was one thousand dollars back then because I was
a young in discipline driver speeding, and because I don't speed anymore, now
I get really sleepy behind the wheel, and I'm just like, Okay,
I need someone to drive so that I can like not get sleepy on the
road and run into anything. Okay, I digress. But I've driven through
the nighttime under that whole feeling that I just tried to describe to you.
Yeah, And and it felt like I was hallucinating, except I wasn't really
hallucinating. I was falling asleep. And then I got a little peak of
the sun about to rise, and instantly I had energy. And then it
did rise, and I had even more energy, and I was joyful in
air quotes why because I wasn't feeling as off anymore, Like I wasn't feeling
as though something was going wrong in my brain, because I had light in
my life. And now I could be joyful because I felt safer on the
road, even though I didn't like the road. I felt more joyful because
I felt safe when God is shining into your life, when the sun sun
of righteousness, when we see as Jesus, who is Jesus, Yes,
when he arises in our lives. And there was healing in his wings,
then we can have joy because of that light that comes from God. And
so in the Book of Matthew Mark, excuse me, the Book of Mark.
The Book of Mark, we see a time of rising, a joy
that should come in the morning to those who receive what happened by faith.
And we will read the story beginning at verse one. And when the Sabbath
was past, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Jesus and Saloni had brought
sweet spices that they might come to anoint him. Like why were they going
to a tomb to anoint Jesus's body when he said on the first day he
would be alive, not dead. But that's a different study. Verse two,
And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they
came unto the sepulcher at the rising of the sun. We're talking about the
morning, brothers and sisters. We're talking about joy. Sometimes people are looking
for love, or looking for power, or looking for success in dead places.
And I say that again, it's a mindset, like sometimes people are
looking for all of these things in the wrong places, and they're disappointed when
they don't find what they're looking for. And so what God is showing us
here in this rising at the time that Jesus was to be resurrected to take
up his life again as he promised. Is that we're not supposed to be
looking for the living among the dead. We're not supposed to be looking for
success among dead habits. We're not supposed to be looking for love in the
wrong places. And so the rising of the sun verse three, And they
set among themselves who should roll us away the stone from the door of the
sepulcher. And when they looked, they saw that the stone was already rolled
away. Like I said, Jesus already made a promise. Why were they
looking for a stone to be somewhere when he said he was gonna come out
of there Ah with power in his hands, It was already there, For
it was very great, like who could have done that? Verse five?
And entering into the sepulcher, they saw a young man sitting on the right
side, clothed in a long white garment. Now do you know who this
young man would have been or what kind of being we're referencing here? Obviously
the scriptures is talking are talking about an angel, an angel of light was
just there likely to greet these women to let them know they're looking in the
wrong place for what they need. Their joy came in the morning, but
for a moment they missed it. I wish I had the time, and
they were fearful verse six, and he said, unto them, don't be
affrighted. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was past tense crucifier. He
is right now, present tense risen. He is not here. Why is
he not here? Because he has risen. Behold the place where they laid
him past tents. He was laying here, he was resting, he was
dead. He gave his life so that we could be victorious. He gave
his life as a ransom for many so that we could be delivered from sin.
But he's not here. Why not? Because he's got something to do.
Brothers and sisters. Jesus was doing what he had already said he would
do. But go your way verse seven. Tell his disciples and Peter that
he goeth before you into Galilee. Why because he's risen, Christ the Lord,
he's risen today. Hallelujah. I think there's a song that said that,
yes, he's on his way to Galilee. There shall ye see him
as he said, unto you, stop looking for power, stop looking for
the promises of God, stop looking for joy in dark and dismal and dead
places. Some of those places are in the dark and dismal minds of the
people that you go to for advice, the ones who are always raining on
your parade, the ones who are always looking at the glass as half empty,
the ones who are always pessimistic and negative and looking to things from an
ominous mindset, like everything is always going to burn down or explode, like
everything is always from a negative o oh. And they're fearful and paranoid.
And you're going there for the joy that God says comes in the morning.
You're going into a tomb looking for the living. And so the Bible continues
verse eight. And they went out quickly. I want you to run away
from those dark and dismal places, that dismal place of your past. Run
away from there, Ah, and the Bible says, and fled from the
sepulcher. For they trembled and were amazed. Neither said they anything to any
man, for they were afraid they could not understand what they just experienced.
Where God sent them a holy messenger to give them the message of joy and
peace, the message that he had kept his promises, the message that Jesus
was going to lead the way into the place that they needed to go and
see him again. So God is saying to embrace the joy that comes in
the morning, but don't look for morning in the night. Season. Wow,
every wonderful day. 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,