Speaker 1: 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.
Speaker 2: Good morning, Good morning, Good morning. It is Friday, March
twenty eight, twenty twenty five. 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 well. We're finishing
up our lessons study series God's Love and Justice, and
our caption for today is Cooperate with God. Cooperate with God.
Before we get into that, I'd like to just say
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That is another way that we continue to build faith
and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray, and then we
will get underway. Father and Heaven, thank you for giving
us the privilege of being able to cooperate with you.
Please help us to do that. In Jesus' name, I pray,
Amen and Amen again, cooperate with God. Okay, So I'm
going to begin by reading by reading from the book
The Desire of Age's page six hundred and forty one.
It's right in the lesson and it reads those who
minister to others will be ministered unto by the Chief Shepherd.
So if you want to know how to have the presence,
the presence of God nearest to you, apart from whether
two or three are gathered together in his name, he's
in the midst apart from he inhabited the praises of
his people. Apart from that, If you want to know
how to have God closest to you, then do what
minister to others. I'm talking about in reality, minister to others.
I don't mean to stage things that look like ministry.
I'm not talking about that formalized stuff that sometimes people
do for the cameras. I'm not talking about that. I'm
talking about what you have done, as you have done
unto the least of these, my brethren, that's what you
have done unto me, that kind of style. When I
was in prison, you visited me when I needed food,
You fed me, when I needed clothing, You clothed me.
When I was alone and fearful, you were there right
by my side to give me company and assurance. You see.
So what we do in terms of ministry puts us
in the position of having God himself, the person of
Jesus Christ, to minister to us. They themselves, we continue,
will drink of the living water and will be satisfied.
Now let me help you understand, if you don't already,
how that works. So when I used to give Bible
studies all the time. I'm talking about one on ones.
I was doing that a lot when I back, probably
about twenty twenty five years ago, just about and I
used to envision it in my mind. I'm talking about
see it in my brain as me going to God
and receiving what he has, and then going to the
people and giving it to them. They need something, going
to God, receive what he has, going to the people,
and then keep that going, keep it going, And now
I become a conduit through whom God's power is flowing.
I want you to see that in your mind. So
what they need, God has it. I don't have it,
so I go to God for it. So I am
staying connected to God and staying connected to the people
who need whatever way God wants to use me, but
they need God. And so now I am a pass through.
And that is the way that all of us are.
If we are willing to become that. I hope somebody
got it. They themselves will drink of the living water
and will be satisfied. They will not be longing for
excitement or exciting amusements, or for some change in their lives.
The great topic of interest will be how to save
the souls that are ready to perish. Social intercourse will
be profitable. The love of the Redeemer will draw hearts
together in unity. When we realize that we are workers
together with God, his promises will not be spoken with indifference.
They will burn in our hearts and kindle upon our lips.
I just really I'm reticent about doing this, but I'm
gonna do it anyway. During the pandemic, my wife and
I started to pray Psalms ninety one. I wish I
had the time to really drill how seriously. We took
the Bible book of Psalms, chapter ninety one and what
God said there, and we begged him. I came into contact,
especially me during the pandemic. I came into contact with
a ton of people during the time that it was
as deadly as it could have been. And the Lord
decided to honor what we asked him. And we continually
asked him, and continually not with an indifference, but continually
went into his presence and said, God, now you said,
then we would go back into Psalm ninety one, and
we would ask him for his covering over David, over Simone,
over Josiah, over Josiah over Simone, over David, and he
chose to say yes. You see, so we saw his
promises as actual promises, and we appropriated, if you want
to say, I don't even know if that's the right
way of saying it, the power that God promised. We said, okay, God,
this is where we are asking you to please. Will
you do it for us? For your name's sake? God?
And he said yes, Okay. To Moses, when called to
minister to an ignorant, undisciplined, and rebellious people, God gave
the promise, my presence shall go with THEE, and I
will give THEE rest. And he said, certainly, I will
be with THEE. When I used to work in the
psych field in the late nineties, I had had enough.
Year one too much, Year two too much, Year three
too much, And I'm going to or at least that's
how I saw it. I'm going to prayer meetings, multiple
prayer meetings on Wednesday evenings, and every time it was
an opportunity to ask for you know, what is it
that you need? What do you want God to do?
I would beg God and have the people pray for
me to get me out of that particular organization in
the field that I loved so much, and every week,
week in and week out for three and a half years,
please get me out, Please get me out. It's too
much for me. And well, instead of getting me out,
God promoted me. I got a promotion, and quite frankly,
I was just like, but God, that is not that's
not what I asked for. I don't want to be promoted.
And I remember, I remember, of course it was as
bad as I had anticipated. The impact of that was
as rough as I anticipated. But it was a blessing.
So many reasons it was a blessing. But to make
a long story short, there's a man named Ralph, and
Ralph was not like any of the other people that
I used to speak to spiritually. And I remember everybody
was promising me that I was going to get out
of some thing, that God was going to do something better,
that he was going to do a new thing, that
kind of stuff, right, and no dis like. If God
told you that, then by all means tell me that.
But Ralph said to me, be a good soldier. It's
going to be rough, it may get worse. God is
with you. Did you hear what I just said? God
is with you, and that was all that I needed
to continue. Finally with the quote, the promise is to
all who labor in Christ's stead for his afflicted and
suffering ones, that he will be with thee. Ask God
how to cooperate with him, and then do it. Thanks
for joining us listening. Friends.
Speaker 1: 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,