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, January twenty one, 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 through the Book of
Psalms. Under the caption my frame was not hidden from you. My frame
was not hidden from you. We'll get into that in just a moment,
but first I'd like to say welcome to you and ask you to go over
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build faith and fellowship at your daily portion dot com. Let's go ahead and
pray, and then we will get underway. Father and Heaven, thank you
for giving us this new day and for the privilege you have entrusted to us
to serve you. Please teach us love, teach us that we are always
in your presence and that we should live holy because we're always in your presence.
In Jesus name, I pray, Amen and Amen again. My frame
is not hidden from you. So I remember the other day. I actually
said something about the lesson writer and said he, but someone corrected me and
said it is a woman. So please pardon me for not knowing and mixing
that up. I apology the lesson writer, though, did say on today's
lesson, did you ever want to help someone but had no means? Likewise,
some people try to help you but did not understand your needs. Unlike
even the most loving and best intentioned people, God has both the perfect knowledge
of us and of our circumstances, and also the means to help us.
Can I just tell you that I have been frustrated over the years. I
don't think that I'm more complex than any other human, but I am self
aware because of my training and my profession, right, so fine, Sometimes
when I need assistance, people don't invest enough time in getting to know the
me of the situation and the need of the situation, and then it frustrates
me because the advice sometimes oftentimes is not applicable. Why because they didn't get
to know me, They did not get to know the situation, and then
they just use sort of a blanket approach like God is with you, right,
it's something set up for something better in the future or whatever it is.
And so one thing that is so good is that when people come to
us and they have needs, we can immediately go to God and say,
God, I don't know this person, even if you think you do,
I don't know this person God, and I know that this person has needs
that only you can supply. Would you please guide me? I pray that
prayer even in my practice every day people come to me because I'm a coach,
an elite level coach. People come with all kinds of complexities, and
I say, God, I don't know what to do. Can you guide
me? And one hundred percent of the time he does guide me. But
beyond that, though, we are to direct people to the one who can
actually help, and that is God himself. Therefore, the lesson writer says,
his promise to help and deliver are not shot shallow like I was talking
about a moment ago platitudes, but firm assurances. So we're going to the
three concepts that are at the beginning of the lesson, Power, presence,
and goodness of God. So we're going to the Book of Psalms, chapter
one and thirty nine, verses one through six, and the Bible reads,
Oh Lord, you examine me and know me. You know when I sit
down? Did you just sit down? Brothers and sisters, like, did
you just sit down? I'm sitting here in my studio. It's a big
old desk in front of me. Right here, I'm sitting in a fairly
comfortable seat. God knows when I sit down and when I get up,
even from far are away. You understand my motives. And you're like,
so he understands the minute details. He understands even the intents of our heart.
Yes, verse three, you carefully observe me when I travel. I'm
on, I'm going to travel in just a couple of hours. I'm going
outside of this house. If the Lord spares my life until then, and
I'm going to take my son to school. My wife and I are gonna
go and exercise together. When I travel or when I lie down to rest,
I go to bed at eight at eight o'clock at night, when I
go down to rest, you are aware of everything I do. Certainly,
my tongue does not frame a word without you, oh Lord, being thoroughly
aware of it. God knows what you're thinking. He knows what you're feeling.
He knows when you speak, if God forbid people are gossiping. He
knows that when you are speaking that He is good. And how good he
is. So I think. In the Book of Malachi, chapter three,
the closing verses, God says, I observe and hear how you speak about
me, and I write it in a book. Yes, verse six,
verse five, you squeeze me in from behind and in front, and you
place your hand on me. Your knowledge is beyond my comprehension. It is
so far beyond me I am unable to fathom it. So we see the
power of God. He sees and experiences all of the minute details of our
lives and the great big situations. And he is the one who has the
power to guide us along the paths of righteousness. Let's go to the presence
Psalm one thirty nine, verses seven through twelve. Where can I go to
escape your spirit? Where can I flee to escape your presence? If I
were to ascend to heaven, you would be there. If I were to
sprawl out in shield, you would be there. If I were to fly
away on the wings of the dawn and settle down on the other side of
the sea, even there, your hand would guide me. You, your
right hand would grab hold of me. If I were to say, certainly,
in the darkness, will it cover me? And the light will turn
tonight around me, even when the darkness is too dark for you to see,
and the night is bright as day. Darkness and light are the same
to you. Have you ever heard that whatever happens in the dark will come
into the light? Have you ever heard the story of Jonah As he was
in the belly of the great fish or the whale, depending on depending on
if it's newer Old Testament. When he was in the belly of that beast
in the sea, God was there. He understood exactly what he was doing,
and he was there to guide and to chide and to correct and to
direct Jonah. So God is there? So how do you live knowing that
God is there? When people want to talk to you about certain things?
Do you speak as if God is present? When you want to entertain yourself
with things on your devices, your phones, your tablets, the television,
ah, if you go out of the home for entertainment, do you live
as if God is there something that he can enjoy as well? Something he
can guide you into the paths of righteousness through? Yes, knowing that when
you are having also troubles and trials on the road, do you know that
He is there? Yes, I hope. So when you are in the
hospital, when you are at work and facing some complexities, do you recognize
He is there? In your use of artificial intelligence? Do you know that
He is there? Boy, what have we come to in twenty twenty four?
We have devices that can and machines that can do things that were unfathomable
twenty years ago. Go and then the goodness of God. Of course,
from Psalms chapter one hundred and thirty nine, verses thirteen and eighteen. Thirteen
through eighteen, we'll read a few of the verses. Certainly you made my
mind and heart You wove me together in my mother's womb. I will give
you thanks because your deeds are awesome and amazing. You knew me thoroughly.
And then, of course the Bible continues along that vein. I am so
thankful that there is nothing hidden from God. But can I tell you the
real trick? Maybe that's not a good word, the secret. God knows
everything about you, and he loves you anyway. Isn't that wonderful? That
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,