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 Sabbath, March sixteen, twenty twenty four. 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. We are continuing in our Lesson study series. This is week
number twelve in the Book of Psalms, and our caption for today is Worship
that never ends. Worship that never ends. We'll get into that in just
a moment, but first I'd like to say welcome to you and ask you
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your Daily Portion dot com. Let's go ahead and pray and then we will
get underway. Father and Heaven, Thank you for this day and for the
privilege that we have to open your word. Thank you for your Holy Spirit,
who is kind enough to give us everything that we need. From Christ,
Father, please teach us to worship you now in Jesus name. I
pray, Amen and Amen again. You may recall or remember the hymn that
says something like, worship the Lord, Oh, worship the Lord and the
beauty of holiness. That is our privilege every single day. And I just
say that Tomorrow it will be our privilege. Monday, it will be our
privilege. On Wednesday it will be our privilege. During the evening of Wednesday,
it'll be our privilege. We worship God every single day. And I
know that there are some Sabbath keepers getting a little antsy, like, Elder,
where you going with this? Well, it's our privilege, That's where
I'm going. I said it clearly. It's our privilege to worship God every
single day, not just one day of seven. But there is only one
day that is holy. You understand the difference here. A person who does
not live a worshipful lifestyle every single day is not a believer in Christ.
Every single day we wake up, every single day we have the privilege of
laying down and resting. Is a day that we live in the atmosphere of
worship. And on the seventh day, of course, we commemorate and memorialize
the works of God, and it is a sign between between God and us
that we are sanctified by Him. And that is the only day, the
seventh day Sabbath is the only day that is holy. Okay, we're not
going into a Sabbath seminar today, but I just need you to understand the
difference. And so the Bible reads here in the Book of Psalms, the
Book of Psalms, Chapter one hundred and four and verse thirty three, I
will sing to the Lord as long as I live. So if I'm singing
unto the Lord, that means that I'm worshiping God. I will sing praise
to my God while I have my being. That means that I am worshiping
God while I have my being another place, the Psalmist says that we we
need to do that because our dates are numb. Like we may get seventy
we make it eighty years. We can't put our trust in princes nor in
the sons of men, because really and truly we can be here today and
gone today, not even tomorrow. Good So God is giving us a bird's
eye view into the mind of one of his children, who was saying,
while we are alive, it is our privilege to worship God. And so
the lesson writer says, as our experience of God's grace and power increases,
we are prompted to ask, with the Psalmist, what shall I render to
the Lord for all of his benefits toward me? The inevitable reply is to
devote our life to being faithful to God. What shall I render faithfulness?
It's not that we are giving God a paycheck of some sort, you know.
It's not that we we repay God, and he's like, thank you
for repaying me. That is not what we're saying here. What the Bible
writer is saying is that it is the least that I can do. Because
Jesus came and purchased us with his life, he became a human being,
though he continued to be equal to the Father. But when he lived in
human flesh, he had to eat like we eat. He had to sleep
and rest like we sleep and rest. He had some challenges sometimes with people,
just like we have challenges with people. Right, could you not pray
for just an hour with me? While Jesus is agonizing in the garden of
Gethsemane, his friends left him high and dry. Those three men, Peter,
James and John did not stand watch and pray with him, and so
he experienced even temptations and trials hard to bear, just like we experience temptations.
You know what else he did, He actually relied on God, his
Father, and the way that we can rely on God the Father. You
see, the Holy Spirit filled Jesus just in the same way that he will
fill us if we will surrender our will to him. And so the fact
is that when Jesus has done all of this in order to save me.
The least I can do, What shall I render for all of His benefits
toward me? The least I can do is surrender my will to him.
The least I can do is become faithful to God with the strength that he
gives me to be faithful. And so how may I bless the Lord by
yielding my will to him? That's the short answer, okay. And so
the lesson writer also points out that the Lord wants all the world to join
his people in worship. So part of this faithfulness living, this living and
faith principle, is to welcome other people. We're welcoming people into right relationship
with God to say, because God has been good to me, I have
chosen to serve Him. And this is the kind of lifestyle that I get
to enjoy by serving Him, even when trials come. Even when trials come,
now I have somewhere to take my trials. When triumph comes, I
have someone to think and say, well, I am so appreciative God for
all of the great things that you are doing in my life. And when
things are unsure and uncertain, then we can say, you know what God
has some really good thoughts toward me, thoughts of peace and not of evil,
right thoughts that will lead us, and a lifestyle and intent from God's
holy hill that will lead us to an expected end or a hope and a
future. Please, will you come into the same kind of relationship with God,
just like I have and even better? Yes? And so that is
what God wants from me. So when God wakes me up up in the
morning, what is my prey mary purpose? And so? The Book of
Psalms, The Book of Psalms, chapter twenty two, beginning at verse twenty
reads, deliver me from the sword, save my life from the claws of
wild dogs, Rescue me from the mouth of the lion, and from the
horns of wild oxen. You answered me verse twenty two. I will declare
your name to my countrymen in the middle of the assembly, I will praise
you. So wherever your feet are planted, brothers and sisters, wherever your
influence happens to be in cyberspace. I need you to do what the Bible
writer says. I will declare your name no matter where I am. In
the middle of the assembly, I will praise you. Verse twenty five.
You are the reason I offer praise in the Great Assembly, I will fulfill
my promises before the Lord's loyal followers. You know, sometimes we need encouragement
among ourselves that God has been good. Yes, Verse sixteen of Psalms,
chapter thirty five. When I tripped, they taunted me relentlessly and I and
tried to bite me. Oh Lord, how long are you going to watch
this? Rescue me from the destructive attacks, guard my life from the young
lions. Then I will give you thanks in the Great Assembly. I will
praise you before the large crowd of people. And so God is so good,
and you want to say, well, how good is he? He
is so good that when we praise him that we have his presence. The
Lord inhabits the praises of his people. So continue to worship him and live
in it. 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,