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 Thursday, February eight, twenty twenty four. Hello, my name
is Iselle David Harris. I am your host, and this is your Daily
Portion where we give you Guy'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 the Lord's Judgment and Sanctuary. The Lord's
Judgment and Sanctuary. We'll get into that in just a moment, but first
I'd like to just say thank you and welcome to everyone joining us, and
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People just need a quick word sometimes in order to get their minds right
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Let's go ahead and pray, and then we will get underway. Father and
Heaven, Thank you for this day and for the privilege we have to open
your word. Please help us to live your word. Give us a sanctuary
mindset. In Jesus's name, I pray, Amen and Amen again. Now
I need to ask you a question, especially considering yesterday's discussion. I told
you I have a difficult time with the heat that comes through some of those
psalms. Right, but let me ask you a question. Right when I
talk to you about judgment. If I say judgment, what do you think?
Go ahead and type it in the chat. What do you think?
Do you think of something positive or something kind of fearful? If it's positive
type of one, if it's fearful type of two in the chat, or
if it's both type of three in the chat. Yeah, what do you
think of the fact is that when we're talking about the large judgment and the
sanctuary, if you are under the sound of my voice, and I guess
that's kind of for effect, right, Otherwise you wouldn't be Okay, you
get where I'm going, right, Yeah, If you're under the sound of
my voice, then the only thing that you need to be most concerned about
is the positive side. And Okay, now, I know there are people
who are very technical just like me, and you're like Dave, but you're
only telling half of the story. Let me just ask you another series of
questions and let's see if we can get somewhere with this part of my discussion.
Right, If the judge is God, let's call it. The judge
is Jesus Christ, God the Son. According to John chapter five and verse
twenty two, judgment is given to Jesus good. If the judge is Jesus,
if the advocate is Jesus, if the true and faithful witness is Jesus,
if the one who takes the punishment for all sins that are confessed,
that is and forsaken is Jesus. If the Great High Priest, even though
I did say, advocate already is Jesus, and you surrender your will to
Jesus by the power of the Holy Spirit, by faith, can you lose
in the judgment? You see, the Bible says that there is no fear
in love, because love casts out fear, for fear hath torment. Those
who are perfected in love have boldness in the day of judgment. And so
this is no light matter because people who turn our backs on God, God
will not remember our righteousness. That's what the Old Testament Bible writer said the
prophet Ezekiel, that's what God gave him. So we don't take it lightly.
We should be afflicting our souls knowing that God the judge, the righteous
judge, who sees and knows everything, even the intents of our heart.
We should be in a solemn experience, knowing that our will is to now
submit our will to God so that He can forget our wis sins and transgressions
and iniquities. Right, and so if you typed one and two and three
because you're confused, today is your day. God is putting us in a
position where his sanctuary becomes a refuge for us, where he becomes our dwelling
place in all generations, where he is our tabernacle, where he becomes our
sanctuary, a little sanctuary, the Old Testament Bible writer wrote. And so
we are protected in the sanctuary if we just simply continue to yield our will
to God. In fact, people find sanctuary. Look up finding sanctuary,
finding refuge. Look that up in Google or one of your your artificial intelligence
things, and it'll probably give you a fairly decent answer about what sanctuary actually
means. Okay, And so the judgments take place in the sanctuary where God
sees and knows all. The only reason we would need to fear what happens
in the judgment is if we are not choosing to surrender our will to God.
And it is in this context now that I read from the Book of
Psalms, chapter ninety six, and it reads beginning at verse six, honor
and majesty are before him, Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary. Did
you get that? Give unto the Lord? Oh ye, kindreds of the
people, give unto the Lord, Glory and strength we see that in the
Book of Revelation chapters four and five, giving God glory and strength. Please
read that. Yes, give unto the Lord the glory, do his name,
bring him an offering, and come into his courts. Oh, worship
the Lord in the beauty of holiness. He wants us to be in his
beauty, basking like in the sunshine, but better in the beauty of holiness.
Fear before him all the earth. Say among the heathen that the Lord
reigneth. The world also shall be established, that it shall not be moved.
He shall judged people righteously. So if we are appearing in the judgment,
God judges righteously. The way to be powerful and confident, not God,
not self confident, but God confident, is if we surrender our will
to God, so that when we are seen in the judgment, we are
seen through the prism of light, which is Christ. Psalm chapter nineteen nine
and verse one. The Lord reigneth, Let the people tremble. He sitteth
between the cherubims. Let the earth be moved. The Lord is great in
Zion, he is high above all people. Let them praise Thy great and
terrible name, for he is holy. Remember God said be ye holy,
because the Lord your God, or for the Lord God is holy, and
so his holiness becomes our holiness if we will yield our will to him.
You got it the King's verse four. Strength also loveth judgment, Thou dost
establish equity, Thou executeestht judgment and righteousness. In Jacob one more passage.
Right here, we beginning at a verse seven, apologize Psalm chapter one hundred
and thirty two. We will go into his tabernacles. We will worship at
his footstool. A rise, O Lord, into thy rest Thou and the
ark of thy strength. Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness, and thy
saints shout for joy. This is speaking generically about what happens when we yield
our will to God. Even in the Old Testament sanctuary, the priests and
the people could shout for joy on that day of atonement may call yam kippor
when all of the camp of God's people were pure, when they would surrender
themselves to God and confess and forsake their sins. And now we can shout
for joy. Why because we are all clean, clean in the sight of
God, and we have sanctuary in that regard and so here are three action
steps. Cultivate reverence in your daily life. Regularly practice confession and seeking forgiveness
from God. And then find assurance in Jesus Christ, because He is for
us in the judgment, not against us, if we yield our will to
him. 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,