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 Monday, February twelve, 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 create in me a clean heart,
Create in me a clean heart. And I am so grateful that God has
given us the opportunity to open His word again today. And before we get
into our details that are life changing, I promise you this is a transformational
day, not informational. I would like to just say, welcome to you,
and thank you for those who come in day in and day out,
and who have been sharing sharing this program with other people. Because again,
this is not just about me speaking to you as if I have nothing better
to do early in the morning every single day. It's been years, you
know, thousands of consecutive days. It is really simply because God wants his
word to reach into the farthest throes of the earth so that one day Jesus
Christ can come. And so you are really contributing to the gospel by simply
clicking that share button, and many of you are doing it so faithfully,
and God sees that I am grateful that we can work together to continue to
build the Kingdom. Let's go ahead and pray and then get underway. Father
and Heaven, thank you for this day and for loving us so much that
you have given us mercy. You have given us a glimpse of your justice
and righteousness and the fact that you are able to cleanse us from all of
our unrighteousness. Please help us to come into that deep well of your love
and live according to your principles. In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen
and Amen again. What an incredible passage of scripture is the Book of Psalms,
chapter fifty one. The Book of Psalms, chapter fifty one incredible.
And I say it's incredible because we see a story of a man whom if
you were to read the account of God like in twenty twenty four, God
would say that this is a man after his heart, This is a man
that was the measure of righteousness for kings. Yes, he said of Josiah.
God said of Josiah that Josiah was righteous in all of his ways.
He turned neither to the left, neither to the right, but was holy.
He was righteous, just like his father or his forebearer, his ancestor
David. And it's like, wait a minute, wait a minute, wait
a minute, wait a minute. And I'm not trying to be sacrilegious,
but it's almost like you're saying, like, but God, did you not
see David's life? How could you use him as a measure of righteousness?
Like he was the one that could not build the temple, and King Solomon
needed to build the temple. When God said, it was good that it
was within thine heart that you wanted to do this, to erect and to
build restore this this temple, this monument to who I am on planet Earth.
But there's too much blood on your hands. David, the same one
that huh, well, yeah, took a man's wife, killed them and
then was a conspira and then and set other people up for conspiracy to commit
murder and more and worse. Yeah, but God says that he is the
standard. He was the standard of kings. Was Jesus ascended the throne of
David. Yeah, when Zedekiah vacated the throne, there was no more king
Ah and coming out of the tribe of Judah until Jesus now the king of
kings and Lord of lords. And I don't want to get too far afield,
but Jesus Christ comes through that line, and it's amazing because of his
story, and so I've already given allusion to it, and you basically know
the story. King David was not doing what he should have been doing while
while God's people were at war. And he's there at home at the palace
and he looks down and he sees he sees a woman bathing, and instead
of just seeing the woman bathing, he begins to gaze instead of instead of
breaking his gaze, he begins to lust, and instead of repenting of his
life lust and confessing to God that he was being lustful, he went and
he got her, and then they had sex, and then they had a
child, and then he tried to cover up everything before the child was born
to you know, get your yah to come and to have intercourse with his
wife. And then and that was Bathsheba's husband. Yeah, and then that
didn't work out, and so basically he killed him. He sent he sent
his men with a message to your to the people at the front and said,
hey, put Uriyah forward, now, yeah, put him forward,
and then move back from him so that the enemies of God can destroy him.
And then now we know that that is like the rest is history.
And then for a year, for a year, history and inspiration tells us,
for a year King David did not repent. He struggled. It was
just a mess. He struggled against his conscience. The Holy Ghost was was
on him to let him know, like this is not right. Need to
repent of all of the evil that you have done in this regard. And
after that year was finished, of course, there came a time also in
the meantime that Nathan came to him and showed him clearly where he had gone
wrong, not that he didn't know, but he needed he needed a kickstart,
like he needed an Adam, where are you? Like? He needed
God to show him himself. And thankfully it put inside of David's bosom,
or awakened in him this contrite spirit, as in the Book of Psalms,
chapter fifty one, one of the most beautiful things you can read when you
have found yourself on the wrong side of righteousness. And so the Bible reads,
beginning at verse one, so much to say, and no time.
Have mercy upon me, Oh God, according to thy loving kindness. Notice
that he is calling upon God's loving kindness and his tender mercies, not upon
his ability to turn away from sin, not from his ability to to be
sorry for sin or some other reason. Because David now he wants to be
righteous. No, he said, because of your character. Please, and
thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions, wash me throughly from mine iniquity.
Do you realize that iniquity is doing sin knowing God is watching and not really
caring. Hmm, iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. So he wants
to be delivered from transgressions and iniquity and sin. So every kind of way
you look at unrighteousness, he wants to be delivered from hm hmm. For
I acknowledge verse three, my transgressions and my sin is ever before me.
May I just say right here that confession is agreement with God. So when
we speak to God, we confess our sins. We are saying, yes,
God, this is what I did, this is what I didn't do,
these things that are not pleasing in your sight. And I agree with
you. I agree with what you say about these things. I agree with
what you say about what needs to be done. That is confession mm hm
Verse four against THEE and THEE only have I sinned and done this evil in
thy sight? Thou mightest be justified. That means holy and righteous. You
are correct when thou speakest and be clear when thou judgest, behold, I
was shapen in iniquity and in sin did my mother conceive me? So he
is admitting that as a human being, he is faulty before he ever did
or did not do anything. Just the human nature is a problem until or
unless we are what we are redeemed, until or unless we are born again
that's not an excuse, that's just the reason. Verse six. Behold,
thou desirest truth in the inward parts and the hidden part. Thou shalt make
me to know wisdom. Purge me with hissop, and I shall be clean.
Wash me and I shall be whiter than snow. So if God can
purge and cleanse and clear a person of guilt for murder, for adultery,
for being the king, and turning away from his responsibility, remember to whom
much is given, much is to be required. If he can do that
for David, what can he do for me? If he can do that
for David, what could he do for you? Hide thy face from my
sins and blood out mine iniquities. Create a clean heart within me, Oh
God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from
Thy presence, and take not thy holy spirit from me. And once you
have done that, God, I promise I will teach transgressors your way God
has cleansed you. Teach others how to have a right relationship. 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,