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 Wednesday, October twenty five, twenty twenty three. I
was not asleep. 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, God's Mission, my mission, and our caption for today
is Abraham's Mission. Yeah, that makes sense. Abraham's Mission. We'll get
into that in just a moment, But first I'd like to say welcome to
everyone joining us. I thank you for those who join us every single day.
You, like Dave, how come you always shouting out the people who've
only who've never come before, and that's you know, for good reason.
But let me just say a great big shout out and thank you to people
who come in every day and you are also sharing this program. I see
it. It's amazing how dedicated you are to the Lord's work in sharing his
word throughout the world. So God bless you and keep you. Make His
face to shine upon you and give you peace. I say that over my
son, that blessing every single morning. Let's go ahead and pray, and
then we will get underway. Bather in Heaven, thank you for this day.
Please give us your holy spirit, give us your power to accomplish the
mission that you have set before us. In Jesus' name, I pray,
Amen and amen again Abraham's mission. Now from the Lesson Study, it says,
we don't know how many people were living in the cities of Sodom and
Gomorrah at the time of this account. But among these thousands of people,
it could have been more. Really, but among these thousands of people,
only four h let me just pause right here, only four left the city
and only three were saved. Oh Lord, did you get that of all
of the people in the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. Only four people escaped
the destruction of Sodom and Gomorra, and only three of those people were saved
because Lott's wife, her heart was still in the city, and so yeah,
she didn't make it. The same with the flood in Genesis. We
don't know how many were alive then, but we do know that most of
them were not saved. Now, let me ask you a question. Is
it that and I'm gonna answer it too. Is it that God is making
or creating some exclusive club for elite people who can somehow muster up inner energy
to be saved. No, that's not the answer. You know what it
is Most of us are not about executing on our goals. And you're like,
Dave, how do we get into this clinic on business? Now?
Listen, human beings naturally are not into executing. We're naturally, for some
reason, not about taking action. You notice my language has changed a lot
these days. When we are learning from these lessons, we talk about action
steps because really a lot of us are comfortable with laying back, learning and
eating and ingesting and maybe digesting just a little bit, and then learning and
eating and ingesting maybe and digesting a little bit and just rinse and repeat,
just constantly taking in but seldom putting out, seldom acting, and I mean
in an effective manner. And so the people who would have heard the warnings,
the people who would have heard the preaching, the people who would have
experienced the Holy Spirit part of me, the Holy Spirit's callings to come and
do what God would have them to do, just simply chose not to execute,
not to act. And by not acting, we have made a decision
that we just literally don't want to do. What God wants is to pardon
me to do. Okay, let me begin now with an action step.
Right consistently practice hospitality and righteous Let me come back to that. Hebrews chapter
thirteen, verses one and two. Let brotherly love continue, be not forgetful
to entertain strangers. That is an action step, For thereby some have entertained
angels unawares. And I think we saw that in Abraham's case it was two
angels and Jesus Christ himself. And so, like Abraham and Lot, make
it a habit. Make it a habit. This is an action step.
Make it a habit to extend hospitality, uphold righteous behavior, ensuring that your
actions and your lifestyle mirror the values of God's kingdom. See that was Abraham's
mission to mirror the values of God's kingdom. Go at this second one from
Galatians chapter six and verse nine. The Bible reads, and let us not
be weary in well doing, for in due season we shall if we faint
not. Did Abraham demonstrate any well doing? Did he pray for the people
of Sodom and Gomorrah? Did he become weary in his praying? Did he
allow trepidation to stop him from continuing with God and saying, God, just
please just be patient with me. Can I just ask? I want to
negotiate some more. I'd like to ask on the benefit on the behalf of
those in Sodom and Gomorrah. Could you just please you? See so,
perseverance despite apparent failure is key. Stay faithful to your mission, even if
the immediate outcomes are not as anticipated, understanding that the seeds you so today
may bear fruit in unexpected ways. Let's go to Revelation chapter twenty two and
verse seventeen for another action step, and the Bible reads, and whosoever will
let him come take the water of life freely. Now this one is is
going to be a trigger for some people. Yeah, we have to allow
people to make their decisions. We have to make it clear that we respect
other people's choices. Now, Jesus did show us in the Old Testament through
a man's testimony. Right, I lay before you two pathways, right,
life and death, blessing and cursing. And then God gave you what his
goal was, like his intent for your life, for my life. He
said, choose life. Choose life. So we want people to choose life.
We want to give people the opportunity. We want to continually make the
invitation, but we literally can't force anyone. You can take a person to
a place to drink when they're dehydrated, but you can't force them. There
are people who just will not choose the right path. But we need to
respect people's free will in choosing their path while consistently sharing so we don't just
leave it up to chance or happenstance, while consistently sharing God's message of salvation
and demonstrating his love in your interactions. Okay, and the fourth and final
we're getting from the Book of Romans, chapter twelve and verse two, and
be not conformed to this world, that means, do not allow this world
to squeeze you into its mold, but be ye transformed by the renewing of
your mind, that ye may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect
will of God. Here is the action step. And environments that may be
contrary to Godly principles, continue to stand firm. Stand firm on the principles
of God's word, and seek to positively influence those around you. Stand firm
no matter what, maintain righteousness in the wickedest environments. Hah, be not
squeezed into the world's mold or mindset, but be transformed by the renewing of
our mind. So God has given us the power in the mission to not
necessarily need to be whisked away from this world. Jesus said, I pray
not that they will be taken from the world, but basically that the world
won't be taken, that the world will be taken out of their hearts,
and that they will make an impact on the world. That is the mission
God has given to us, and that was Abraham's mission. Have a 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,