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 Sunday, March twenty four, 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. This is our final week. Can you imagine. Our caption
for today is the Call of Waiting. The Call of Waiting. We'll get
into that in just a moment. Before we do, I'd like to just
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we continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray and then
we will get underway. Father and Heaven, thank you for this day and
for giving us the opportunity to connect with you and with your people. Please
teach us how to wait. Teach us how to wait in Jesus name.
I pray, Amen and Amen again. Okay, so yes, we covered
a little bit of what my mindset is about waiting on the Lord, straight
from the scriptures, and I gave you another thought process besides wai t,
putting our w ei ghd he on the Lord is a posture. It is
a lifestyle of trust, putting our weight on the Lord. Now from the
lesson writer, perhaps one of the greatest stresses in life is the stress of
waiting. Mm hmm. No matter who we are, where we live,
what our station in life is, we all at times must wait for things.
I can attest to that, from waiting in line in a store to
waiting to hear a medical prognosis. We wait, which we don't always like
doing. Mm hmm. Okay, and so the immature believer. This is
what I thought when I read that paragraph. The immature believer trusting God without
knowing God's details and timelines. Okay, So when we're waiting on God,
we are awaiting whatever it is that He has for us, whatever his instructions
are, his guidance. We're in a trial, we're having difficulties, yes,
or we're just waiting for an answer from God. King Saul was waiting
for an answer from God, but because he lived a life contrary to God's
will, he waited in vain. But God's people, God's people, have
to stop being immature. When we get impatient, we need to really consider.
God has everything under control. He knows exactly what he's doing, and
so all we need to do is wait for God to say or do what
is best, rather than to become antsy and impatient, because when we become
impatient, we make poor decisions. Yes, okay, so let's go and
read a few passages, a couple of which we have already read, but
let's read them again. From the Book of Psalms, Chapter twenty seven,
Verse fourteen. Wait on the Lord be of good courage, and he shall
strengthen thine heart. Wait, I say on the Lord. Okay now from
thirty seven verses nine and thirty four. For evil doers shall be cut off,
and those who wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth.
Now we see a contrast between people who don't love God and people who do.
The people who don't love God and who will not choose to love God,
those people will be cut off. They will be put out of their
misery. They will nobody is forced to have a right relationship with God.
Nobody is forced to live eternally. They will be cut off. But those
who wait upon the Lord, wait on him for what everything. We trust
God for everything, we will inherit the new Earth. You see, the
earth as it is is not our final home. Heaven is not our home.
And I know, I know, I just confuse somebody's brain. You
said, wait a minute, Heaven's not our home. No, I mean,
if you really read what the Bible says, beginning at Revelation chapter twenty,
we know that when Jesus comes, When Jesus comes, his people whoever
are actually choosing to be saved at the last. In the end, those
individuals will go to stay in heaven for a thousand years, and after the
thousand years are finished. The Bible teaches us, going into Revelation chapter twenty
one, and then in Matthew chapter five, that God is going to give
us the New Earth once it is cleansed, once all sin and sinners are
destroyed. God is going to give the meek the new Earth. The meek
will inherit the New Earth. Verse thirty four. Wait on the Lord and
keep his way, and he shall exalt thee in to inherit the land.
When the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it. Okay, let's
go through to chapter thirty nine, verses seven and eight. Now, Lord,
what wait I for? My hope is in you. Deliver me from
all my transgressions. Make me not the reproach of the foolish. So part
of waiting on the Lord, part of being among God's people, his children,
is for us to be delivered from our transgressions and sins and iniquity.
So many big words to talk about being separated from God. Sometimes people us
sin, knowing full well that we're sinning God forbid. But that's what happens.
Yes, there are people who sin ignorantly, but the fact is we
all need to repent. We all need to turn the shoulder, we need
to turn away. I think it was on March fifth that we talked about
repentance. Yes, and so God wants us to be delivered. He wants
to deliver us from our transgressions. And that is a part of waiting on
the Lord. Okay Verse one of Psalm chapter forty. I waited patiently for
the Lord, and he inclined unto me and heard my cry. So what
is one of what is one of the responses that come from God? When
we wait on God, he will listen to us. And when he listens
to and hears us, that means he delivers us. Remember we sing that
song sometimes, so if you want to call it a song, here our
prayer, Oh Lord, here our prayer. O Lord, incline thine ear
to us, and grant us thy peace. So when we wait on the
Lord and he hears us, he will give us his peace. In verse
six of Psalm chapter Psalm chapter sixty nine, the Bible reads, let not
them that wait on Thee, O, Lord, God of Hosts, be
ashamed for thy sake. Let not those that seek thee be confounded for my
sake, Oh God of Israel. So God, please please let it be
that when people see what you will do after we have waited on you,
that they'll say, oh, yes, he is a good God. Oh,
they will see that it was not in vain that we waited. Let
me read it in another version, the New English translation, Let none who
rely on you be disgraced because of me, Oh, sovereign Lord of Heaven's
armies. Let none who seek you be ashamed because of me, Oh,
God of Israel. Of course that had a specific, a specific application.
But the point in this case is when we wait on God, we will
not be ashamed. We will not be ashamed. And I know what I
just read. But we read in other passages that the people we should holy
people don't want God to be spoken badly of, and that we will be
ashamed when we serve him. Okay, Waiting on the Lord is more than
just hanging on. According to the lesson writer, it is a deep longing
for God that is compared to intense First in our dry land, the Psalmist
waits on many blessings from God, but his yearning to be brought close to
his God surpasses any desire and need in life. Wow, we look forward
to the coming of Jesus Christ. Why because this earth is not really working
out the way that it is, and we wait like a mother who is
about to give birth, that even the earth is yearning for the day that
Jesus Christ comes. Are you waiting for Jesus to come? Wait patiently on
the Lord. 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,