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, November four, twenty twenty three. 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 motivation and preparation for Mission.
Motivation and preparation for Mission. Oh we'll get into that in just a
moment, But first I'd like to say welcome to everyone joining us, especially
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the lesson study and again at your daily portion dot com. Let's go ahead
and pray, and then we will get underway. Father and Heaven. Thank
you for giving us this new day and for the privilege you have entrusted to
us to open your word. Please teach us to live the words that we
read in your Word. In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen and Amen
again. Motivation and preparation for mission. Of course, of course, the
goal always is to have the right motivations, the right motivations. We shouldn't
be doing things selfishly. We should not be engaging in God's mission hoping to
get some kind of brownie points or reward. Ah. But we know that
that is not always the case. There are people who do things for the
wrong reasons. We'll address some of that in just a moment. Let's begin,
though, from the Book of Luke. The Book of Luke, chapter
twenty four and verse forty four, and the Bible reads, these are the
words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all
things must be fulfilled, which are written in the Law of Moses and the
Prophets and the psalms concerning me. Of course, Jesus was having an encounter.
He staged with some men on the world toms, and the blessing is
that after a while he opened up their minds and understanding so they could discern
that this was indeed Jesus, having been resurrected. He kept his promise.
He said, I will lay down my life that I may take it again.
I have this commandment of my father. So he did that, and
having done that, now he is revealing himself to these children of God.
He said, these are the words which I speak while I was still with
you, that the things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of
Moses and the prophets and the psalms concerning me. Now this is saying that
the word of God that we see in those cases, in the scrolls,
in the scriptures in our Bible today, these are all about Jesus. And
I say that again the word of God, who is Jesus, according to
John Chapter one is also is also about Jesus. He went all the way
back to the Law of Moses. That's the first five books of the Bible,
the prophets Major and minor, and then the psalms like he encompassed the
entire scripture in order to demonstrate it's all about Him and if we get that,
if we get that, then we will live the mission of Jesus Christ.
Now let me share again as normal some action steps, some action steps.
Let's go first to first first Thessalonians chapter two and verse four, and
the Bible reads. But as we were allowed of God to be put in
trust with the Gospel, that's you and me too. Yes, even so
we speak not as pleasing people, but God which trieth our hearts. We
want to ensure that we have the right motives. Can I say that we
can surrender our will to God, deal with that in our prayer time with
God, and say, Lord, give me the right motives, give me
holy motives when I'm doing what you have called me to do. So analyze
your motives in mission work, ensuring they stem from a genuine love for souls
and obedience for Christ, not ambition or personal gain. There are people who
vie for positions in church, in church government, if you want to say,
the leadership structure, wanting to be the VP of this, president of
that, the director of this, associate director of that or some other new
position that has been invented for whatever reasons. And what God is saying is
you should be happy that I have entrusted the great News that leads men,
women and children into right relationship with Me. You should be motivated by the
fact that you were once lost yourselves, and now you are entrusted with the
ministry of reconciliation, so that so that I can be one with these people,
just as I have made you one with me. Oh wait a minute,
the question is are we still one with God? Yeah, if we
have the wrong motivations, are we still one with God? That's another discussion.
But ensure sincere and holy I will add motivations from the Book of Two
Timothy, chapter two and verse fifteen. The Bible says, study to show
thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly
dividing the word of truth. While we are being motivated in the right way,
we need to be grounded in true understanding of the scriptures, the understanding
that God has prescribed from his word through the Holy Spirit. So immerse yourself.
Immerse yourself in the study of the scriptures to understand the prophetic and self
vific role of Christ and be equipped to share it with others. Immerse yourself
in the study of God's word so that you can see Christ as he is
clearly represented in the scriptures, so you can be equipped to do God's will.
You see, we would see Jesus like That should be our response every
day, all day long. When we are in nature and we see how
the trees and the lilies, and the sky and all other things in nature
are formed, we should be we should be saying, we will see Jesus
in everything that we see. In our relationships, we should be looking for
Jesus, whether to manifest him to others or to receive his touch, so
that we can manifest his grace to others. Okay, And so we immerse
ourselves in the scriptures, not just to be intellectually stronger, not just to
be able to spout and to recite more passages, but so that we can
see and then, having divided the word of truth, be able to share
the truth that is God's Word, the truth that is Jesus himself, with
as many people as possible, and then of course praying for power and direction.
According to Acts, chapter one and verse eight, the Bible says,
but ye shall receive power after the Holy Ghost is come upon you, and
ye shall be my witnesses. Notice that the being your God's witnesses comes after
they receive the Holy Ghost as power, and ye shall be my witnesses,
both to me in Jerusalem, that's near to you, Judea, a little
bit farther out from you, Samaria, a little bit more far a,
if that's a way to say it, out from you and then into the
uttermost parts of the world. So engage in earnest prayer and ask God for
the outpouring of his Holy Spirit. I ask God multiple times a day for
his Holy Spirit. I am not satisfied with a double portion of his spirit.
I am not satisfied with a triple portion of his spirit. I am
satisfied with the fullness. In these last days, the latter reign the fullest
dissemination of power that he has ever done in the history of this world.
We are sitting right upon that time where He wants to blow in with the
reins of his spirit, so that we can finish the work that He has
given us to do and be also empowered for the trouble that will come right
before Jesus does return, so we pray earnestly for the outpouring of the Holy
Ghost and for God's direction in our mission endeavors. Don't just invent new stuff
to do. Ask God which he would have you to do, and then,
by all means and his strength, go forward. 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,