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, November six, twenty twenty three. Hello,
my name is El 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. Pardon me, ah, but we are going into our
lesson study continuing in the series God's Mission My Mission under the caption a Prophetic
Foundation. Prophetic Foundation. We'll get into that in just a moment, but
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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
we have to consider your word again. Please teach us to embrace the blessing
of prophecy and to know that the same God who did in the past as
you promised, is the one who will fulfill the promises of the future.
In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen and Amen again a prophetic foundation.
Let me ask you a question, why are some of us? Well,
I'm not, but why are some of you perhaps afraid of the promises of
God? Why are some of you afraid of the promises of God? There
are so many things that God has said, what happen in your life personally
and in the lives of His people, And sometimes people are afraid. You're
like, but that doesn't make sense, Dave. We'll get into that in
just a moment. Let me begin right here. Let me get this thing
to show up right here. We're going to read from the Book of Luke,
chapter twenty four, and I think it will make sense. Beginning at
verse thirty six and the Bible reads, And as they thus spake, Jesus
himself stood in the midst of them and said, unto them, peace be
unto you. But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had
seen a spirit. Now let me ask you a question. If Jesus is
the one speaking, If Jesus promised that he was going to take his life
again on the first day following his crucifixion, right, so on the Friday
he gave his life. On the Sabbath he rested according to the commandment,
and then on the first day of the week, Jesus takes his life back
up like he said that he would. And now he is appearing to his
people. Why were they afraid after he kept his promise? Why were they
afraid after he kept his promise? How come when Jesus would show up at
different other times walking on the water, the people were afraid? Like?
Why were they afraid when Jesus simply kept his promise? And I know you
can come up with all kinds of logical answers, but it's something we need
to consider. If you know the voice of Jesus, you know his presence,
and he shows up, why be afraid? Verse thirty eight, and
he said, unto them, why are you troubled? See it's not my
question, it's it's his question. And why do thoughts arise in your hearts?
Behold my hands and my feet. That it is I myself. Handle
me and see for a spirit hath not flesh and bones as ye see me
have. And when he had thus spoken, he showed them his hands and
his feet. And while they yet believed not for joy and wondered, he
said, unto them, have ye any meat? So now he's talking about
food, Keep going, keep going, keep going verse forty two. And
they gave him a piece of broiled fish and of a honeycomb, and he
took it and did eat it before them, And he said, unto them,
these are the words which I spake unto you while I was yet with
you. Remember, I made you these promises that all things must be fulfilled,
which were written in the Law of Moses, and in the Prophets,
and in the Psalms concerning me. They then opened he their understanding and they
might understand the scriptures. And he said, unto them, rise, oh
sorry, He said, unto them, thus it is written, and thus
it behooved Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,
and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all
nations, beginning with Jerusalem. And ye are witnesses of these things. I
kept my promise, Jesus is saying. And behold, I send the promise
of my father upon you, and I want you to tarry ye in the
city of Jerusalem until ye be endued with power from on high. Jesus kept
his promise that he would take his life up again. He kept his promise,
and he appears to them. And now he is making another promise that
if you will just wait in Jerusalem at the way, in the way that
I say, I want you to be unified. I want you to come
together and be unified under my mission. Hah. I'm going to send you
another comforter. I'm going to send you the Holy Spirit. Why are some
of us afraid of God's promises? Interesting? The lesson writer said, it
is interesting that at first the disciples did not believe out of fear. Then
after seeing Jesus and being assured that he indeed was alive, they did not
believe for joy. So that's good. They were like, whoa, is
this really happening? Even though he promised, but it seemed daunting to them.
They saw him die, they saw him be crucified, They saw him
in a position where it look like he was not as powerful as they knew
in their hearts that he was. It is there ever a time in your
life that God has made promises to you and it seems daunting, like,
well, well, maybe he's not going to keep his promise. Maybe maybe,
Boy, I'm having so many problems. How could it be that God
is going to do what he said? Because look at how many things I'm
facing here? And then God comes through and it's incredulous, like, whoa
is God actually going to do this? Yes, He's going to keep his
promises. Have you ever felt that something was too good to be true?
This was the experience of the disciples and others in the upper room. Now,
let me just go ahead as we normally do, and share a couple
of action steps. First of all, I want you to think about the
tangible proof of the resurrection. So Jesus shows up and he says, behold
my hands and feet that it is I myself, Handle me and see me
for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye have seen me have
action. Step number one is that you should embrace Jesus in whatever way he
manifests himself when he keeps his promise to you, embrace him. Embrace it,
don't run. Don't be so amazed that you disbelieve him. Ask God
to give you the kind of faith that is an expectant faith. When you
pray and you hope, and you lay hold on the promises of God,
expect him to come through, so that when he does come through, you're
not astonished and amazed and afraid. Okay, tangible proof of his resurrection.
He did what he said he was going to do. And then I want
you to embrace the empowerment that he gives for his mission. It says,
and behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you, but terry
ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with the power from
on high Verse forty nine of Luke chapter twenty four. So I want you
to embrace the empowerment that he gives you for his mission. When he says,
lo, I am with you all way, even unto the end of
the earth, embrace the power. Don't say, but I don't know.
How can I speak to these people? I don't know will they accept the
message? God? I don't know if I should. Maybe you could get
somebody else. I'm not as gifted or talented as Person X or person Why.
I don't know. Am I the one that's supposed to do this?
God is saying to embrace the empowerment that comes from His Holy Spirit to do
the mission that He has called and equipped you to do. I want you
to embrace this power and then walk in faith. Have a wonderful day,
Peace. Thanks for joining us listening to 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,