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, January nineteen, 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, and our caption on this preparation day morning is the incomparable God,
the incomparable God. And what I'm hoping this morning that you will do with
me is worship God in a special way. I need you to worship God,
Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness, because he is unlike any
other being in the universe, we'll get into that in just a moment,
but first I'd like to just say welcome to you and again a great,
big, happy preparation day. And I'm asking you to please go over to
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Let's go ahead and pray, and then we will get underway. Father
and Heaven, thank you for this new day and for the privilege that you
have entrusted to us to serve you. Please teach us your incomparability and then
make us true worshipers. In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen and Amen
again, the incomparable God, the incomparable God. First, I'm going to
read from the book Steps to Christ. And if I have not shared this
with you, it has been my favorite book since about nineteen ninety three,
besides the Bible, and I have a few favorites, but the Steps to
Christ's book is top number one favorite. And then some books by E.
M. Bounds, the one on Prayer, the one that's called on Prayer.
It's the thicker one. Okay, Anyway, I digress. The quote
reads, thus dustlie, the more we study the divine character in the light
of the cross, the more we see mercy, tenderness, and forgiveness blended
with equity and justice. And the more clearly we desern innumerable evidences of a
love that is infinite and a tender pity sir passing a mother's yearning sympathy for
her wayward child. Cannot read that one more time? Please. The more
we study the divine character, so we are connecting with God. We are
saying, who is God? Like? Who is God? To us?
Who is God in the universe? To the creation of universe and the earth
that we now inhabit? Who is He? The more we study the divine
character in the light of the cross, Oh, wait a minute, and
what has God done for us? Jesus in John chapter three and verse sixteen
is seen as God's gift to us. For God soul loved the world that
he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish
but have everlasting life. Okay, okay. In light of the cross,
the more we see mercy. Because God could have destroyed us, we earned
it. The Bible says, the soul that sinneth it shall die but we
see that we earn we could not earn the favor that God has given to
us. Mercy said, no, you will not die, but you will
live as long as you would submit yourself to God. So the more we
see mercy and tenderness and forgiveness blended with equity and justice. God doesn't change
his laws. He does not say, okay, well, these rules don't
apply to you. No, the Holy Ten Commandments law are applicable to every
being in the universe, every being on planet Earth. Because, by the
way, the Decalogue or the Ten Commandments, is a transcript of God's character.
I know some of you may be thinking, oh, do the angels
keep the Sabbath? Like? We're not getting into that kind of a discussion
today. I just need you to understand, as a principle, love for
God and in our cases, love for humanity are manifest in the Holy Ten
Commandments law. And therefore therefore the forgiveness that we receive comes because we need
it, because we have broken the covenant with God by breaking the Ten Commandments
law. So he doesn't turn us back on his law. He can't turn
his back on his character, you understand. But he has made provision through
what through mercy? We read that through tenderness and forgiveness, continuing the quote,
and the more clearly we discern the innumerable evidences of a love that is
in finite and a tender pity surpassing a mother's yearning sympathy for her wayward child.
So we are God's and that's the end of the quote, wayward children.
We are his wayward children until we surrender our wills to God. And
by the way, while He is pitying us and is of tender mercy,
it is far more surpassing that we see and experience when mothers who love us
have yearned over us. My mom prayed for me for so long until I
gave myself a way to God, the incomparable God. So what we're gonna
do now is read a couple of passages in the time that we have left.
First from the Book of Psalms, chapter eighty six, and I'll read
verses five through eight, and then verse fifteen. And the Bible reads,
for thou Lord art good and ready to forgive and plenteous in mercy unto all
that call upon thee Are you calling upon God's name? And when I say
calling upon God's name. This is a relationship. This is a position of
submission, calling upon his name. Are you accepting the character that is his
name into your life? Hmm? Okay. Verse six, Give ear,
o Lord, unto my prayer, and attend to the voice of my supplications.
In the day of my trouble, I will call upon THEE, for
thou wilt answer me. Among the gods lowercase G, there is none like
unto THEE, O Lord, Neither are there any works like unto thy works.
People worship all kinds of things, all kinds of beasts, all kinds
of images, all kinds of false gods who are actually people who have elevated
themselves or been elevated by other people. The Bible is teaching us, with
the Psalmist speaking about the incomparability of God, that there is none like THEE
neither are there any works like unto thy works Verse fifteen. But thou,
O Lord, art God full of compassion and gracious, long suffering, and
plenteous in mercy and truth. Is there an echo in here? I think
I have heard this somewhere. Wait a minute, I think God manifest himself
in as much of a way that Moses could handle, as God protected him
from God's effulgent brightness and his incomparable holiness. This is what God did.
And the Bible reads in thirty fourth Division of Exodus, verses six and seven.
And the Lord passed before him, meaning Moses, and proclaimed, who
is proclaiming God himself, the Lord, the Lord, God, merciful and
gracious. This is what God is saying about himself. He is manifesting his
character for Moses and then for us to study and learn for ourselves, long
suffering and abundant in goodness and truth. Do not believe what they're typing in
social media about God unless it aligns with this. Do not believe what people
are saying on YouTube about God and his church and his people unless it aligns
with this. Keeping mercy for thousands forgiving iniquity. Ooh, that's the kind
of That is the kind of infraction. When we know God is the judge,
we know God is watching and could not care less, and we do
evil forgiving iniquity and transgression, that's a different kind of sin, hah,
and sin, and that by no means will clear the guilty. We've talked
about justice and mercy meeting a moment ago, visiting the iniquity of the fathers
upon the children and upon the children's children unto the third and fourth, fourth
generation. You know what, I'm happy about that. He also said that
he shows mercy to thousands who love him and keep his commandments. God is
incomparable. Worship him. It's a wonderful thing to do. 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,