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 Friday, October twenty twenty twenty three. 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. God's Mission My mission,
and we're going to use for a caption for today, the Great Commission.
We'll go back to that and just a moment, but first I'd like
to say, welcome to preparation Day. Hopefully you are preparing your hearts and
minds for the Sabbath time and not just your bathrooms, your clothing, and
your vehicles. No, we want God to be able to find a place
that he is welcomed in our hearts. So as we prepare for the Sabbath,
we should be preparing our hearts more than anything else. Let's go ahead
and pray, and just go ahead and jump right in here, Father and
Heaven, thank you for giving us the privilege of coming into your presence today.
Please give us the mindset of mission, and help us not to use
it like as a moniker, like as some idiom, some term that we
use, like a campaign slogan. Help us to live the great commission.
In Jesus' name, I pray a man and a man again. I want
to go back to Matthew chapter twenty eight, and we're going to read this
over and over and over again over the next several weeks. So if you're
about the mission, it'll be welcome, a welcome read, because what what
did they say? Repetition deepens impression deepens the impression. And so we're going
to read it again and it reads, go ye therefore and teach all nations.
Some of you have the gift of teaching. I'm talking about spiritual gift,
not just a skill. A spiritual gift is for the glorification of God
and the edifying of God's people. God's Church glorify God by reaching out into
all the world in order to bring people into a right relationship with Him,
right to manifest his love in the earth, manifest his character fully in the
earth. Right, and of course, to edify the people of God.
Okay, so some of you have the gift of teaching, and so it
says, go, ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in
the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.
Let's just pause right there. We're going to stick with that verse. So
what we need to do is to understand. We can talk about it all
the time, but to understand or comprehend and then uphold the great commission.
What is God saying. He's saying, go not sit still. He's saying,
go not wait for someone to come to you. He's saying, go
and make sure you do what Jesus did. Go and do what Jesus did.
Remember the Bible says that Jesus came, the son of Man, came
to seek and to save that which was lost. So he went like he
went from heaven to planet Earth voluntarily. Yes, and then he gave himself
for the mission that God's Father had given to him. Of course, they
had agreed to all of that in Oh who knows when they started this,
but it says from before the foundation of the world. And so when we
are going therefore, we're going in the power of God. We're going in
the demonstration of the example Jesus gave to us. What Jesus did we do.
Bible says that he came aside a great while before day, and then
he prayed, And we have guidance to say that he did that so that
he could be fully connected to the Father, so that when he did go
to the masses, he was powered up like he was armored up, ready
to give. Sometimes we run out ahead of God. We pour we poor,
we poor, we pour out, we pour out, we pour out,
We attempt, we try, we struggle, and then we are depleted
and wonder why we're not effective. We didn't follow Jesus' footsteps. So Jesus
charged up ready to go with God our father. Of course, we've read
that the Holy Spirit was in him in Luke chapter four and Matthew chapter four,
and then again he says that we are to go to all nations,
wherever you are. I think recently, I think yesterday we did brighten the
corner where you are. Wherever you are, that's where God is calling you
to. Now, if He gives you additional guidance to say, go from
this place into the outhermost parts of the world, then you will board a
plane. You will bord a helicopter, you will board a vessel somehow and
move from place to place to share His word. You will switch on your
cameras and your microphones to do the same if God is calling you to do
that. But not only that, He wants to bring them into a relationship
with him, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son and the
Holy Ghost see baptism Jesus demonstrated was to fulfill all righteousness like he was baptized,
to show what it's like for a person to yield our willfully to God.
I think it was in Romans chapter three that the Bible said that when
we are are baptized, we are baptized into Christ, and we are we're
dying to self, going down into the water and going beneath the surface.
We are baptized by immersion, and then when we come up it's unto newness
of life. It is like the resurrection of Jesus Christ. And so we
are dead to sin and alive to holiness, dead to sinful ways, and
alive to agreement with God, like dead to broken relationship with God, and
alive now resurrected, unto everlasting life. And so we want to do that
for as many people as possible. So we comprehended uphold the Great commission.
And so our action step is to understand the significance of God's great commission and
then actively seek to hold it. Jesus, uphold it, Jesus, what
would you have me to do? What would you have me to do?
Making disciples of all nations and spreading the treasures of eternal life to the world.
Our next action step is coming out of the Book of Luke chapter fourteen,
and the Bible reads and the Lord said, unto the servant, go
out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in that my
house may be filled. Now I've already intimated this, but we're saying now,
don't wait for people to come. Remember, Jesus came to seek and
to save that which was lost. Don't wait for people to come instead proactively
go to them, extending the invitation of mercy to them. Yes, salvation,
reaching out to everyone. It doesn't matter from what nation, what kindred,
what tibe, what tongue, what people. It doesn't matter from what
so called caste. It doesn't matter from what so called socioeconomic strata. I'm
ashamed that we have those, but we do. It doesn't matter from where
people come. It doesn't matter what their family model looked like. It doesn't
matter what failings they have experienced because of poor choices or maybe genetic impediments.
Like Daddy was a liar, and I struggle with lying, Like Mommy had
this other challenge and I struggle with that. Right, mommy was an alcoholic,
and now I struggle with a desire to indulge in alcoholism. You see.
And so God is saying, bring all of that to me, and
don't wait for people with these challenges to come to you, go to them
in my mission. And of course we have said so much about about breaking
down prejudices and barriers and so forth, so I won't drill that one today.
But when we did not mention, pray for the guidance to reach those
who have not been reached for God. In James chapter one and verse five,
it says, if any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of
God that give it to all all men liberally and upbrade it. Not that
means he's not holding anything back, and it shall be given to us when
we are asking for wisdom. It's not something that just happens in our minds.
Can I just say this for a moment. In the Book of Proverbs,
chapter eight, if you read the entire chapter, you'll start to hear
some things very interesting. And then if you go to First Corinthians chapter one,
verses thirty and thirty one, you will identify that wisdom is Jesus Christ
himself. Jesus is our wisdom. And so if you lack wisdom and you
ask of God, he will give you a way to apply knowledge. Yes,
but more than that, he will give you Jesus Christ himself to fulfill
the great commission. 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,