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, July twenty eight, 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 Mark and our caption for today is Calming a Storm. Calming a Storm.
We'll get into that in just a moment, but before we do,
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At your Daily portion dot com. This is a way that we continue to
build faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray, and then we will
get underway. Father in Heaven, thank you for giving us this new day
and for giving us an opportunity to be calm in the midst of the storm.
Father, please give us the kind of trust that you deserve, the
kind of love that you deserve. Help us to surrender our will in Jesus
name. I pray, Amen and Amen again. Okay, calming a storm.
I don't know if I said it correctly because my mind was focused in
a certain thought pattern calming a storm. So it is Jesus who calms the
storm. Right, And there are any storms in your life that you have
seen where God has calmed them. I remember when I was working in the
mental health industry and it was tough. I mean it was three and a
half years by now, and I was just like God, I can't do
this anymore. It was too much based on how the organization I worked for
did what they did. And I used to go to prayer meeting every single
Wednesday night and ask for prayers to deliver me from this place. Right and
well, one of my mentors really the only mentor I had at the time.
His name is Ralph. He prayed with me one night and he said,
now, Dave, be a good soldier. God is with you.
And I said, God is with me. No one had ever given me
that advice. Everybody was saying that better days are coming. God has something
better for you, and they were just looking at ways for me to get
out of it. Right, and and but but but Ralph said, God
is with you no matter what you're going through, even if you do go
into the lions den, even if you do go into the fiery furnace,
God is with you. Even when you do have to actually approach the red
sea, he will be with you. And I said, okay, So
when I'm going through the storms of life, I should be looking out,
or I should be on the lookout for God to be with me. He
may not say peace, be still, but if he does, I thank
God. But if he doesn't, then I know that He's with me even
during the storm. And so in the Bible Book of Mark, chapter four,
beginning at verse thirty five, the Bible reads, and the same day,
when the even was come, he said, unto them, let us
pass over, unto the other side. So Jesus is telling his disciples where
they are going. They're going to the other side. So let me ask
you a question. If God is showing you where your destination is, is
it Heaven? Is it the earth made new? Do you want to call
it the heavenly promised land? Do you want to call it the ultimate Canaan
on earth? After the thousand years are finished? If God is saying that
we are going to the other side. In the Book of Revelation, he
said, to those who overcometh, he shall. Those who overcome, he
shall, and he fills in the blanks. To those who overcome, he
will. And one of them he said, I will grant for you to
sit on my throne with me, even as I have overcome and am set
on my father's throne. So he's telling you what the outcome is going to
be the other side Verse thirty six. And when they had sent away the
multitude, they took him even as he was in the ship, and there
were also with him other little ships. And there arose a great storm of
wind, and and waves beat into the ship, so that it was now
full full of what full of water? But he said, we're going to
the other side. Your life seems to be taking on a lot of water,
and your spiritual boat, your financial boat, everything that has to do
with your relationship's boat has a lot of water and is now full. It
seems like your boat is going to sink. But he said, we're going
over to the other side. Are you getting this? Verse thirty eight?
And he was in the hinder part of the sheep ship. Sleep not sheep.
He was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow,
and they wake him and say, unto him, master, carrast down,
not that reperish. Do you notice that Jesus is resting. Yeah.
When you look at the creation story, the Bible says that it was in
six days that he created the heavens and the earth, and then he rested
on the seventh day. Wherefore the Lord bless the Sabbath day and hollowed it.
There is a lesson in the Sabbath that we need to learn regarding our
lives. God is doing the work, and we are supposed to rest with
him. When God does the work, he promises he's going to take you
to the other side. He promises you that he's going to be with you
always even unto the end of the world, he promised you. And so
now he works so that you can get to the other side. And he's
resting. Why because he wants you to rest, he said, he said,
take my yoke upon you and learn of me. Huh. My yoke
is easy, and my burdens are like. And you shall find what rest
in the midst of the storm. You shall find rest. Unto your souls,
we're doing too much sometimes, of course, the people are frantic.
And while he was resting on this pillow, master carries down, not that
we perish. And then he arose and he rebuked the wind and said to
the sea, peace be still. And what happened? The wind ceased,
and there was a great calm. Why because Jesus said so, Because if
that hadn't happened, the sea would have destroyed the boat, and then they
wouldn't have reached the other side. You see, we need to trust Jesus
even when we don't see him working. You think that he was gonna let
them perish. Come on, he said that they would go over to the
other side, And so he did what he needed to do. Verse forty
and he said, unto them, why were you so fearful, how is
it that ye have no faith? Let me add this, didn't I tell
you that we were going to go to the other side? And they feared
exceedingly Verse forty one, And said one to another, what manner of man
is this? That even the wind and the sea obey him? You see,
we should not be confused about this, because when God promises, he
delivers. And so in the Bible Book of Psalm chapter one hundred and four,
beginning at verse nine, I mean verse one, the Bible reads,
Bless the Lord, oh my soul, Bless the Lord, oh my God.
Thou art very great, Thou art clothed with honor and majesty, who
coverest thyself with light as with a garment, who stretches out the heavens like
a curtain, who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters, who
maketh the clouds his chariot, who walketh upon the wings of the wind,
who maketh his angel spirits, his ministers flaming fire, who laid the foundations
of the earth that it should not be removed forever, and so on and
so on. And we see the power of God verse seven. At the
rebuke. At thy rebuke, the waters stood above the mountains, and they
fled. The waters fled, and they the thunder hasted away. They go
up by the mountains, and they go down by the valleys of the place
which thou hast founded for them. Thou hast set a bound that they may
not pass over, that they turn not again to cover the earth. Let
me just say this, since God is so good, and you're like,
how good is he? He's so good that he has created the heavens and
the earth. How good is he. He's so good that he has given
you salvation for free. He's so good that even when the waters overcame the
earth, they receded because he said so. That means if he says that
we're going to get in this little boat and go over to the other side
into eternity, just stand a boat with him. Let him deal with everything
else. 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,