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 Monday, December eleven, twenty twenty three. 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. God's mission,
my mission, and our caption for today is seeking the multitudes. Seeking the
multitudes. We'll get into that in just a moment, but first I'd like
to just say welcome to you, and for those who join us regularly,
I just want you to know that I do not take it lightly. It
is a privilege for me to share with you every day, every day.
Did you hear that every day and it's been such for years, and I'm
thankful that we have this opportunity. Also, I want to say welcome to
those coming to us for the first time. Please go over to your Daily
Portion dot com, join our online community, and also let us know where
you are in the world in the little box that asks that question 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 the privilege of
being called by your name. And I ask you now to fill us with
your holy spirit. Teach us how to love you, teach us how to
have compassion, give us compassionate hearts like you have like Jesus has. In
Jesus name, I pray, Amen and Amen again. Seeking the multitudes,
I'm going to the Book of Matthew, the Book of Matthew, chapter nine,
and I'm going to read beginning at verse thirty five. And a great
big shout out to those who are listening on the radio. You're on your
way to work or whatever it is that you do for the day. Yeah,
thank you for joining. So beginning at verse thirty five, and the
Bible reads and Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their
synagogues. So he's moving around. He's not staying in one place. He
is not making it so that people have to find him. I want us
to get everything we can from these simple words. So he's moving around.
He's going to cities, he's going to villages, and he's going to the
places of worship in this case. In this case it's synagogues and preaching what
the gospel of the kingdom. So he is going around in the cities,
the villages. He's also teaching in their places of worship. What is he
preaching? What is he teaching? He is preaching the gospel of God's Kingdom.
There are times that we move around and we don't do as well.
Sometimes we move around and are not clear on what our message must be.
But God is showing us that when we are moving around, we're on our
way to work, we're on our way to play, We're on our way
to volunteer, to exercise, to drop someone to school, to be of
assistance to someone in shopping, or whatever it is that we're doing in the
daytime or in the evening for that matter. Now, we have to make
sure that we have a clear view of our purpose when we're moving around.
Does it mean that we'll preach at all times? No, not necessarily,
But the mission of the Gospel must go wherever we go. Okay, And
then it says, and he was healing their sicknesses and every disease among the
people. What does that teach us about Jesus. Well, we can say
that it teaches us he was intentional. We can say that it teaches us
that he was focused, he was clear about his mission. But what else?
It teaches us that he had compassion. He had compassion. There are
people sick and dying like there are people who did not know God, like
there are people in these cities and villages and places of worship who were disconnected
from God. And so the Bible is teaching us through this example that Jesus
Christ had compassion. Let's keep going, Let's keep going, verse thirty six.
But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved. Oh, now
we don't have to get with compassion on them, because they fainted and were
scattered abroad as sheep having no shepherd. So few people have clear direction,
so few people understand what God's call on their lives is. And so God
is saying, when we move around, I'm going back to the places,
the cities, the villages, those places of worship, and everywhere else we
encounter people. Our only goal is to lead them to Him, and when
they have felt needs, if we are able to supply them. Somebody needs
food, somebody needs clothing, shelter, someone needs a helping hand, a
smile, a kind word. Yes, sometimes people just need an ear,
an ear that is attentive to them and not rushing them. The Bible is
saying that this is the way Jesus moved verse thirty seven. Then seth he
unto his disciples. The harvest is truly plenty us, but the laborers are
few verse thirty eight. And final pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest,
that he will send forth laborers into his harvest. We should be praying
that we are those laborers. We should be praying that people we know will
be those laborers. Because really the time is coming when we cannot be of
service to people anymore. People will have already made their final decisions for or
against God, and unfortunately most people will have chosen against God. So in
the meantime we need to do all that we can so that as many people
as possible will say yes, Lord, yes to your will and to your
way, and not allow life to separate them from him. And so one
thing that we can see here is that he was offering himself to be the
shepherd that they needed. He wasn't just clicking a link or clicking a button
to say, let me find somebody for you. He was also making himself
available to those who needed him. Now, let's go to Matthew chapter four.
Matthew chapter four, and we will read verses twenty three through twenty five.
We should be seeing ourselves in the passage and asking God, well,
what must I do to be of service? Okay? And so the Bible
reads in verse twenty three, and Jesus went about all of Galilee. Wait
a minute, this sounds like an echo. He went about all of Galilee,
teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the Kingdom. Yep,
I've heard this before, and healing all manner of sicknesses. Yep, I've
heard this one before, in all manner of diseases among the people. And
his fame went through all Syria, and they brought unto him all sick people
that were taken with diverts, diseases and torments, and those which were possessed
devils, and those which were lunatic, and those that had the palsy,
and healed them, and he and there followed him great multitudes. Why did
the multitudes follow him of people from Galilee and from the capitalist that's the city
of Yeah, and from Jerusalem, and from Judea and from beyond the Jordan.
Why did his fame spread? Why were there so many people following him?
Well, because he was healing people, because he had a message of
peace, even when he had a message of conflict, which would separate people
who love God from people who do not. It was always so that people
could get connected to him. So if there's a person, if there are
a people, if there are multitudes of God's people stationed a the world.
Remember I always ask you to go to your Daily Portion dot com and type
in the thing where are you in the world, wherever those places are.
If there's an army of people around the world who are like Jesus, do
you think that he will send the multitudes to us? M he sends the
multitudes to me. I'm sure he sends the multitudes to you and for those
who are trying to get it figured out. Really, all you have to
do is lead people to Christ. Lift him up, he said, and
I will draw all people unto myself. So if you have the power to
heal, you have the power to be of encouragement. Definitely lead people to
Christ, and He will lead them to you. Have 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,