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. No, it's not. It's Thursday, October five,
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. I've actually done a pretty
good job this week. I normally botch the theme for about the first week
when we go into a new quarter. But thank God, I am grateful
that we can do this without too much confusion. YEP. So today's caption
is the God who will come back for us, The God who will come
back for us, I'll get into that in just a moment, but first
I'd like to say welcome, Welcome, welcome to everyone joining us, especially
those joining us for the very first time. Please go over to your Daily
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faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray, and then we will get
underway. Father in Heaven, thank you for this new day and for the
privilege of having a great experience with you where you are more than willing.
You are ready and available to transform our minds with all that we say,
all that we do, all that we experience. If we'll just submit our
will to you, Please teach us to submit our will to you and look
forward to the coming. In Jesus name, I pray, Amen and a
men again the God who will come back for us. I'm going to read
from a really familiar passage to most believers that is more than just encouragement.
It is a promise from Jesus Christ himself that says, I have not forgotten
you. Remember we talked about it yesterday, I think it was we were
talking about how Jesus has all authority, he has all power, and he
made a promise that he would be with us always, even unto the end
of the world. Yes, and now that promise extends beyond the end of
the world, you see, So once the end of the world happens,
he is promising that we can transcend this life, this world. Yeah,
Maslow's hierarchy of needs has at the top transcendence. And of course that means
a lot of things to a lot of people. But to the believer,
that means that there is someone, not just something out there, but someone
who is bigger than ourselves. And not just bigger. We have a creator,
the creator of the universe, who created us for his glory, who
can't wait for us to be in heaven with him for a thousand year vacation,
and then that we will inherit the new Earth. And so Jesus made
a promise to dejected and fearful disciples. And it reads thus in John chapter
fourteen, beginning at verse one, Let not your heart be troubled. Ye
believe in God, believe also in me. In my father's house are many
mansions. If it were not so, I would have told you I go
to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place
for you, I will come again and receive you unto myself. That where
I am there ye may be also. And so the beauty of this is
Jesus is promising this even before he gave his life for us. He's promising
his disciples that after he gives his life for us, and then he rests
in the tomb and then wakes up, he's resurrected. He takes his life
back like he promised that he would. After he takes his life back and
then goes to heaven to minister there until the appropriate time, he's going to
come back. He's going to come back. The angel, as the apostles
and disciples were, they're watching as Jesus ascended after being here for some time
after he was resurrected, he said, why stand he gazing here? Like
why are you gazing there up into the sky. This same Jesus who is
going up, will in like manner return as you have seen him go.
So he's coming back. He's coming back. And so what I want you
to do is to discover and embrace the end time promise. Sometimes we preachers
get into our feelings and we start to try to cause fear in people and
say, all of this is going to burn down, all of this is
going to blow up, all of these terrible things are going to happen.
And yes, indeed there are some terrible things that will happen in the last
of the last days. But Jesus never said that was the way to encourage
people to serve him. In fact, this is an encouragement if I have
ever seen one, that Jesus Christ is coming back and he is going to
heal the troubled world once and for all for those who submit our will to
him. He is coming back. And so, how does this promise give
you the hope amid your uncertainties while you live on planet Earth, when your
money is funny, when you have more month than money, How does this
encourage you when you are having difficulties and relationships with your spouse, with your
children, with your parents, like, how does this promise help you when
your boss seems to have lost his or her mind and is putting undue burden
on you or worse. How does this encourage you? I want you to
do something else. I want you to envision eternal communion. I want you
to see this in your mind, look forward to it. Based on the
following passage Revelation, chapter twenty one and verse three, and the Bible reads,
and I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, behold, the Tabernacle
of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they
shall be his people. God himself shall be with them and be their God.
Jesus is the ultimate tabernacle sanctuary. The Old Testament writer actually said that
God is a little sanctuary to us. Jesus said, destroy this temple,
and in three days I will raise it up, and he was talking about
his body. And so we see that Jesus Christ the ultimate sanctuary, the
ultimate tabernacle, as we have already invested a thousand years with him in heaven.
When the Holy city New Jerusalem comes down from God out of heaven,
John said that he could not see like he didn't see a temple there,
because Jesus Christ is the temple thereof. He's the light and he is the
temple thereof. And so this vision of eternal communion with God, Jesus being
the focal point and the place that He has prepared for us being focal with
him. How does that inspire you in your daily walk like today? Like?
What impact will that have on you today? What decisions will you make
based on that reality that finally the ultimate sanctuary, Jesus Christ, the ultimate
one whose presence we have been awaiting, is coming soon and he's coming to
deliver us from all evil for the final time. How does that impact you
today, you're on the road, when you're at work, how does that
impact you? Go ahead and type it in the chat if you are online
with me. If you're on the radio, please just go to your Daily
Portion dot com and go to one of the online platforms and type it after
you've heard it here on the radio. Okay. I want you also to
engage with the essence of redemption. Here's a quote from the book Desire of
Age's page twenty six, and it reads, the work of Redemption will be
complete and through endless ages. As the Redeemed walk in the light of the
Lord, they will praise him for his unspeakable gift. Emmanuel God with us.
I want you to see that in your mind. I want you to
engage with that in your deepest feelings, like meditate. What does it mean
for you that God wants to be with you eternally. The God who will
come back for us will indeed come when he's coming soon. 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,