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 Tuesday, February thirteen, 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 if you Lord should mark iniquities. We'll
get into that in just a moment, but before we do, I'd like
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I said, to continue to build faith and fellowship. Otherwise then you'll just
listen to me or watch me, and that's not enough. Right, Let's
go ahead and pray and then we will get underway. Father in Heaven,
thank thank you for giving us this privilege to open your word again. And
I pray God that we will recognize and live according to the principles of confession
and repentance and keeping a good connection with you. Please teach us to love
you because you loved us first. In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen,
and a man again. So we have spoken in a few days past
about God and his judgment. Right, we have spoken about God and his
judgment and The blessing about that is that there are more than one outcome,
right, potential outcomes, And the judgment one is that one that most people
are concerned about, which is that foreboding condemnation that says I am guilty before
God and his righteous bar and therefore I am deserving of eternal death. Yes,
that's the one that a lot of people are afraid of. But the
fact is that God has given us such a privilege, and you want to
know, well, what is that privilege. The privilege is to be able
in twenty twenty four to connect with Him by the Holy Spirit through Jesus Christ,
so that that passage that we now hold so dear. That really was
a conversation between Jesus and Nicodemus when he said, when the Bible says,
for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that
whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. God did
not send his son into the world to condemn the world a but he came
in order for us to be saved. And so if God should mark as
the lesson writer is focusing here our iniquities, or of God should hold our
iniquities, our sins against us, Then what kind of hope would there be?
See, God has positioned us so that those sins can come before us
through His strength in the reality that they are, and we can confess,
we can agree with God and say, Lord, you are right. You're
right about this situation in my life. How I related to the person who
did bad things to me? Right, how I related to the individuals that
I was doing business with and I was doing dirty dealing. Like I can
agree with you God, that I should have been kinder in a situation with
my parent who was ailing, who did not do right by me when I
was a young child. Like, Lord, there are so many things in
my life and I am now falling at the hand of your mercy, and
I'm asking you, would you please forgive me. I agree with everything that
you said. There are people that I should have assisted and I neglected to
because I was so narrowly focused on me, and on and on we can
go. And so I I'm thankful that that privilege and opportunity is available to
all of us. And so we go into the Book of Psalms, chapter
one hundred and thirty, and I will read beginning at verse one, and
the Bible reads for from the deep water, I cry out to you,
oh Lord. So now we have this conversation with God. Lord, listen
to me, pay attention to my plea for mercy. Do we understand and
believe that God is mercyful. His mercy endureth unto all generations, His mercy
is everlasting? Yes? Verse three. If you, oh Lord, were
to keep track of sins, oh Lord, who could stand before you?
It's not that God. Let me pause right here. It's not that God
does not have an accurate record of our sins. It's not that God is
into sweeping things under the rug like some humans are for their selfish gain.
No, God sees and knows all. But I think it was David who
said, and then Paul said again, blessed is the person to whom God
does not hold our sins against us or impute iniquity. So God is not
looking for a way to condemn us and audit our sin record and put us
into prison huh, spiritual prison, or to destroy us. His goal is
to save us. That's what we're talking about here. It says here verse
four. Now we understand he's not sweeping it under the rug. He's not
changing the law of liberty. He's not changing the transcript of his character in
order to accommodate people who are not willing to yield our will to him.
Verse four teaches us something. But you are willing to forgive so that you
might be honored. And so for God's name's sake, he is going to
demonstrate into the lives of everyone who will yield our will to him that he
is able, indeed, to keep us from falling. Jesus is able to
present us faultless before the Father or before the Presence with exceeding joy. God
is able, and I need you to keep that perspective. It's not about
our abilities, because really we are born in sin, shaping in iniquity,
because really there is nothing good in us, and all of our righteousnesses are
like filthy rags. And so when we yield all of that reality, we
confess that and we are now being honest, then we can have the blessing
of this forgiveness, and God's name will be glorified. Verse five. I
rely on the Lord. I rely on him with my whole being. I
wait for his assuring word. Do you realize that when God is on your
side. He does come to you in this voice that says, this is
the way walking in it. Have you ever recognizes that he is the one
who says, I am the one who comes to you with an everlasting love.
Therefore, with loving kindness? Have I drawn you like as a hen
gathereth her chicks. This is what God is saying to his people. So
have I gathered you. Now we have a decision to make. We make
the bad choice that some leaders in the past have made, as according to
Matthew chapter twenty three. Or will we say yes, Lord, yes to
your will and to your way, and then accept that love I yearn verse
six, O Lord, more than watchmen to do in the morning. Yes,
more than watchmen do for the morning. People are looking forward to coming
out of the darkness. Yes. Have you ever driven through the night and
started to nod off to sleep? In the road seemed everlasting? And you
started even maybe hallucinating a little bit and wondering when will this trip end?
And then in the eastern sky you saw a glimmer of hope, like a
glimpse of the sun about to rise, and you said, you know what,
I can continue this trip. I have the energy to continue until I
get to the end. And so when we are buried in the darkness of
sin, we can know and look to God, the eternal Son of Righteousness,
and say I have hope and I can be victorious by his grace.
Verse seven. Oh, Israel, hope in the Lord. But the Lord
exhibits loyal love and is more than willing to deliver. He will deliver his
people Israel from their sins. I'm thankful that God does not keep a record
of my sins to hold against me. But we can agree with God and
have that record expunge. 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,