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 Sabbath, March two, 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 Lessons of the Past. Lessons of
the Past. We'll get into that and just a moment, but first I'd
like to say happy, happy Sabbath to you, and especially for people who
maybe have never kept a Sabbath. You didn't know about Sabbath years ago or
maybe even two months ago, and this is your first time keeping the Sabbath.
Holy, I am so thankful that you're here, and I know that
there are hundreds and thousands of people who are happy as well that you're able
to see that God has made a covenant with this people. And part of
that covenant has to do with coming into this pavilion huh on the seventh day
Sabbath to experience Him in a way that there is no way in any other
day that we experience Him, even though we worship God every day. I
said a lot, but that's just to say welcome to you, and welcome
to all of our brothers and sisters around the world on two hundred plus radio
stations, couple of television stations, all over the internet, and on podcasts.
We are in this thing together to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Let's go ahead and pray and then get underwigh. Father, Thank you for
this Sabbath morning. Thank you for loving us. Please teach us to serve
you and not forget what you've done for us in the past. In Jesus'
name, I pray, Amen and Amen again. Well, there is an
infamous quote, and maybe I don't know if I'm using the right terminology.
But there is a quote that just comes to my mind among the people of
God that says, there is no fear for the future. We have no
need to fear in the future except we forget how God has led us in
the past. May I just say it to you one more time. We
have no need to fear anything that is coming along the pathway in the future,
except if we forget how far and how long and in the ways that
God has led us in the past. Ah, Yes, Now has God
been good to you? And I said that in past tense? Right?
Has He been good to you in the past? Yesterday? Was He good
to you when you were having pain in your body, when your mind was
not right, when you sinned against God? Huh? When you had a
prayer that you felt like God was not answering, and then you found out
later on that He gave you the exact right answer that you needed at the
time, even though you did not like what the answer was. Or in
other times that you overcame trials and other times where you lived in triumph.
God gave you a moment in your dark pathway. He gave you a moment,
a glimmer of hope and gave you the opportunity to be happy for just
a moment, and then he gave you the strength to get through whatever you
were going through. Like, have you a past with God that you can
remember and say, Well, since you have been good to me before,
God, you will be good to me in the future. Your track record
is good with me. God. You've been good to friends of mine.
You've been good to people that I've seen in my workplace. I have seen
people escape death who tried to kill themselves. I've seen people who escape death
who were sent into the war zones of the world because they are serving their
countries, and they came back safe and sound. I have seen where you
have comforted people in my life who have lost loved ones unfortunately. I know
that if I can just remember that you brought your people through so many trials,
through so many tribulations, have given us power to overcome so many temptations,
that certainly you will do it again. Okay, now that we have
gotten that sorted out, let's go ahead and read from the Bible from the
Book of Psalms, chapter seventy eight, Verses three and four. The Book
of Psalms, chapter seventy eight verses three and four, and the Bible reads
which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. And
so there is a legacy that we expect in the family of God, that
we will hear how or what great things the Lord has done for his people
over the years. Right, we will not hide them from our children.
So we pass them on to our children, telling them the telling to the
generation to come, the praises of the Lord and his strength and his wonderful
works that he has done. And so we should build into our daily reality
when we are thinking and praying that God has been good? In what ways
has he been good? Remember that song, counter your blessings, count them
one by one, or name them one by one. That is an experience
that we need to actually have. Maybe that is a part of the legacy
that you will build in your family unit or among people that you mentor or
take good care of. So here are seven takeaways, seven takeaways in that
vein, and I will read first from the Book of Zechariah. The Book
of Zechariah, chapter one and verse four. Don't be like your ancestors,
so clearly, so clearly, we're talking about some of the people who did
not do what God said, do not be like your ancestors, to whom
the former prophets proclaimed. This is what the Lord of Hosts says, Turn
now from your evil wickedness. But they would not listen to me, says
the Lord. And so what we need to do is learn from our people's
past mistakes, even if it's you, even if it's your own past mistakes.
Learn from the past mistakes from our ancestors are forbearers in the faith,
our family members. I did say ancestors already, and even from our own
past mistakes. We need to learn that when we delay, oh be,
it is disobedience. When we delay our obedience, it is disobedience. Okay.
And so let's go to the Book of Psalms, chapter one hundred and
thirty five and verse nine, and the Bible reads he performed, meaning God
awesome deeds and acts of judgment in your past, oh Egypt, against Pharaoh
and all his prophets. And of course that was the bad Pharaoh. There
was a good pharaoh during Joseph's day that followed what God was leading him to
do through Joseph. Okay, but we're talking about the one that enslaved God's
people and So what we want to do was celebrate God's mighty acts. Celebrate
his mighty acts. He performed awesome deeds of acts of judgment in your midst.
You see. Let's go to another one from the Book of Ephesians,
chapter two and verse nineteen. So you are no longer foreigners or non citizens,
but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of God's household.
We need to recognize that we are a part of the spiritual heritage, the
inheritance. Once we choose to serve God. We are Abraham's seed. We
are heirs according to the promise. The promises that God made to Abraham become
our promises, and we will one day inherit the heavenly Canaan and the earth
made new, the earthly Canaan that is now free of sin. There is
no more death, dying, pain, or death because the former things are
passed away. So we want to connect to our spiritual heritage by simply making
a decision. Making a decision to serve God, then all of the promises
that God has made to his people become fulfilled in our lives. I thank
God for that. Okay, And so we want to go let's go.
Let's go quickly, because I see we're running out of time. Let's go
with Psalm chapter one hundred and nineteen and verse fifty four nineteen verse fifty four
the Book of Psalms and the Bible reads. Your statutes have been like songs
to me in the house where I live. So we want to recognize and
understand our role in God's plan wherever we happen to live. Brighten the corner
where you are. Remember the goodness of God, remember his words, live
according to his words, and embrace them like beautiful music in your lives,
and become the melody that God wants to sing in the world. And then
we again recognize our role to assist others into a right relationship with God.
So much to say and not enough time. But these are the lessons of
the past. Let us follow God's word and live according to his principles.
Peace, happy sam 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,