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 except January twenty six, 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 Studies series through the Book
of Psalms, and our caption for today is almost like a song. Only
trust Him, Only trust Him. We'll get into that in just a moment,
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Father and Heaven, thank you for giving us this new day and for
the privilege that we have to open your word. Please teach us to trust
you in all things. Please give us your holy spirit. Thank you for
this time of preparation for the Sabbath that is coming. In Jesus name,
I pray, Amen and Amen again. Only trust him now. I did
say this is an allusion to a hymn, and I want to just read
a few and a couple of stanzas of this. Come every soul by sin
oppressed. There's mercy in the Lord, and he will surely give you rest
by trusting in his word. For Jesus shed his precious blood rich blessings to
bestow. Plunge now into the crimson flood that washes. Why does snow?
Yes, Jesus is the way, the truth that leads you into rest.
Believe in Him without delay, and you are fully blessed and then the refrain
only trust him, only trust him, only trust him now. He will
save you. He will save you. He will save you now. And
really, as much as we read through the Psalms and we study and ask
God for his guidance, we see that refrain. Really throughout the Psalms,
no matter which of the psalmists pen the words under the inspiration of the Holy
Spirit, we see trust God. Trust in God with all that we have
and all that we are. And even through times of difficulties, even times
of trial and tribulation, even times of fierce temptation, we can trust God
and give him thanks. Now we are going to look at the story of
Jacob in just a moment from Genesis, chapter thirty two. But before we
do, I want to go into the book Patriarchs and Prophets, page four
hundred and ninety three, and I'll begin to quote in a moment, the
Psalms strengthen our faith in God, who is the never failing refuge for those
who entrust their lives into His mighty hands. That's what the lesson writer has
said. Now the quote God will do great things for those who trust him.
There's that word. The reason why his professed pep will have no greater
strength than that is that they trust so much to their own wisdom. I
need to just pause right there. We need to have stronger faith. We
need to have stronger or more strength. And the pathway to that is to
distrust self, is to put all of our trust in God into His wisdom
and not our own. There are times that we can't see a way out
of any way, and so we need God to show us a way out
of no way. You see where this is going. And therefore, and
therefore I continue to quote and do not give the Lord an opportunity, hold
on an opportunity to reveal His power in their behalf? Are you giving God
an opportunity like? Are you opening the door of your life into all of
those secret spaces like in your mind and in your activities, in your intentions?
Are you giving God the space or the opportunity to reveal His power on
your behalf? Let me continue the quote. He will help his believing children
in every emergency if they will place their entire confidence God. I pray that
I will today, on this preparation day, at the end of January,
to put my entire confidence in you. Are you going to put your entire
confidence in God. And let me read it again, because I interrupted the
thought. He will help his believing children in every in every emergency, if
they will place their entire confidence in Him and faithfully obey him. Put your
entire confidence in Him, faithfully obey him, and you will experience the fullness
of what the Psalmists have penned in so many, so many passages. In
Psalm chapter twenty three, where it says that the Lord is my shepherd,
I shall not be in want He maketh me to lie down in green pastures.
That is a perspective that we need to adopt. Even when it feels
like we are in a dry and dreary and weary land. We have to
see that God is causing us to lay down in green pastures where we can
have comfort, where we can be under His guidance and his protection, where
we can be fed in the times that we need food and sustenance and all
of the resources that make our lives or that we need in our lives and
our daily activities. And so I'm thankful that God has given us so many
examples, including in the life of Jacob, who messed his life up at
a particular time, but he found faith. He found faith at just the
right time. He learned to put his entire confidence in God and to follow
him faithfully, even though his life was a mess, even though he was
under due rest, even though he was running from his brother, who was
seeking it seemed to kill him. The Bible teaches us that Jacob found his
rest and trust in God. And so we go to Genesis chapter thirty two.
And I want you to be on the lookout for opportunities for you to
put your trust in God. And so the Bible reads in verse twenty four,
and Jacob was left alone, and there wrestled a man with him until
the breaking of day. How many of you know that that was not just
an ordinary man. Let me continue verse twenty five. And when he saw
that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh,
And the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint as he wrestled with him.
And so the Bible is teaching us that there was there was a wrestling
match, There was a struggle. There was a challenge that Jacob was going
through at a time when he could not find his faith. But he was
learning in these moments that you know what, I cannot trust myself. I
cannot trust myself. How do I know? Let me continue. The Bible
continues here, and he said, let me go. So this not ordinary
man. This is indeed God in the flesh before he came in the flesh,
like Jesus before he came in the flesh. And it says that he
said, let me go for the day breaketh. He said, I will
not let thee go except thou bless me. And he said, unto him,
what is thy name? He said, Jacob? And he said,
thy name shall be called no more Jacob but Israel. For as a prince,
thou hast power with God and with men, and hast prevailed prevailed.
And so the faith that God put in Jacob's bosom in this time of emergency,
in this time of dire need. What time of emergency do you have?
What time of dire need do you have? Is it in relationships?
Is it in your finances? Is it in your spiritual journey? Is it
in your personal development where you just really don't know what you're about. God
is saying that if you put your trust in Him, then you can prevail
with God and humans, and the Bible says, and Jacob asked and said,
tell me, I pray thee thy name. And he said, wherefore
is it that thou dost ask after my name? And the Bible says he
blessed him there. You know what, huh? Jacob called that place pinale
because he had seen God face to face, and he lived only trust him.
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,