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 Friday, May twenty four, twenty twenty four. Hello,
my name is Elle 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 the Great Controversy,
and our caption for today is he Knows my Name. He Knows my
Name. We'll get into that in just a moment, but first I like
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ways 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 this
day and for giving us the opportunity to pray. Thank you for giving us
your word and for this time of preparation for the Sabbath. I pray God
now that you will give us understanding, that you will teach us how to
love you and serve you, teach us to do your will and to be
confident but confident in You in Jesus name, I pray, Amen and Amen
again. He knows my name. I remember it was about nineteen ninety nine.
I was in Florida at a Callporter's convention or Literature Evangelists convention, and
I remember the one of the people who was there. She said, Dave,
please pray for me. Call my name. God knows me. And
I say that again. She said, pray for me, call my name.
God knows me. And that really just in the way that I'm stumbling
here, I was flabbergasted because I never thought of that. I was a
new believer. I'd been around the church all my life, but I was
a new believer of just about just under three years. And when she said
he knows me, I said, wait a minute. So there's a sense
of belonging. There is a sense of God taking Ownership's a sense of He
claims me and is not just leaving me up to my own devices. God
loves me and he knows me. He knows my name. I love it.
Well, why would God know my name? Now? We could say
that because like our parents gave us a name and God knows everything. It
could be because God created us. Well, that makes sense, it's logical.
But what we're talking about now is something spiritual. We're talking about something
spiritual it is. It is about the relationship that we have with God.
You see, he knows those who know him. I'll say it one more
time, he knows those who know him. In the Book of Matthew,
I think it's chapter seven, the Bible talks about there are some people that
I call the didn't ee guys. I just made that up, the didn't
I guys. There are people who will go to God in air quotes and
say, well didn't I cast out devils in your name? Didn't I prophesied,
didn't I do very many wonderful works? And God would say to some
of those people, the ones who are not surrendered to His will, those
who did not feed the hungry, right, did not clothe those who were
without clothes, did not see the lame, the main, the blind,
the oppressed, right, did not set the captives free, people who ignored
the widows, and those who were not well. And He gave us the
power, the influence, and the opportunity to be of service in some turn
a blind eye. He is saying to those individuals, I never knew you.
Depart from me, you workers of iniquity. And it's just like,
what, how could God say he never knew me? What if for ten
years I was in a good relationship with him, fifteen twenty thirty years I
was in a good relationship with him. Well, okay, that's fine and
wonderful. But God knows people who are currently presently in relationship with him because
he has the covering of Jesus. She has the covering of Jesus, the
righteousness of Christ as a covering for our lives. Okay, And so the
lesson writer actually quoted from the book The Great Controversy, page four hundred and
eighty four. And I think this will give it some more context. God
or Jesus excuse me. Does not excuse their sins, but knows what shows
excuse me, their penitence and faith, and claiming for them forgiveness. He
lifts his wounded hands before the Father and Holy Angels, saying, I know
them by name. Who are the people that he is saying? He knows
the ones who are penitent and faithful, those who turn away from our sins
and recognize that we went the wrong way, and we begin to agree with
God and say, God, I realize that I fill in the blank,
and this is not something that's pleasing in your sight. And I now use
the faith that you have given me. You're the author, God and finisher
of my faith. Thank you. You give every person a measure of faith,
and I'm one of the persons. And so with this little bit of
faith, this mustard seed faith, I will lay hold of your power and
I will rely on you to make me holy. So he says, I
know them those kinds of people who do not resort to the rum bottle as
a way to escape life. I know them, people who do not hide
behind our titles, our religiosity, the respect that people who go to church
give us, or our political prowess, our business. We do not rely
on our ability to speak eloquently or write things that move generations. We are
not relying on any great good or nasty thing that is about us. In
order to recommend us to God. We throw all in and say God,
I am yours, Please make me holy. So he says, I know
them. Let me continue the quote, I have graven them. Oh wait
a minute. On the palms of my hands. I want you to look
at your hands, look at your hands, or look at a picture of
someone else's hands, and see there are lines. And I don't know what
they mean. I just know that it's very interesting that we have these lines
all throughout our hands, and nobody has the same pattern. But regardless of
that, Jesus, when he looks at his hands, we see that when
he gave his life on the cross to save his people from our sins,
he can see that the nail prints glorified. Yes now, but the nail
Prince, they are there forever etched in his hands. There is the reality
that he gave his life for you brothers and sisters, and for me I
have graven them on my hands. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit,
a broken and contrite heart. Oh God, thou wilt not despise.
And that comes from Isaiah from Psalm chapter fifty one, verse seventeen, and
the accuser of his people, And to the accuser of his people, he
declares, the Lord rebuke thee o Satan, even the Lord that hath chosen
Jerusalem, rebuke thee I'm thankful that God is willing to rebuke the devil for
me. Can I say that just another way? I am so glad that
Jesus is willing to rebuke the devil for you. When he stands up as
the accuser of the brethren, the Bible says that he's cast down. Why
isn't this a brand plucked out of the fire. Is this not a set
of people that I have given my life for. This is in the voice
of Jesus himself. And so when the devil is trying to accuse you,
and even has evidence Jesus giving his life for you, giving you his righteousness
when you agree with him and you are turning away from your sin, that
record is expunged. There is no evidence because Jesus now is pleading his blood.
His blood. He knows my name because he gave his life from me,
and we can't lose. Make it 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,