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 Sunday. It's
March two, 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 continuing in our
lesson study series, God's Love and Justice under the caption
an Angel Delayed, an Angel Delayed. Get into that in
just a moment, But first I'd like to say welcome
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Let's go ahead and pray and then we will get underway. Father,
we do thank you for this new day and for
giving us answers to prayer. Thank you for listening to
us and giving us the privilege of being called by
your name. In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen and Amen again. Okay,
So let me just say here that sometimes sometimes there
appears to be a delay, or maybe it really is
a delay. Let me start all over. Sometimes there is
a delay on our prayers being answered. And when I
say that, the reason I had to recalibrate is because
God is answering the prayers. But sometimes it takes time
for the answers to get to us. You know, like
when you're mailing something the mail has already been sent.
Like somebody may say the check is in the mail,
could you please pay that invoice? And they say the
check is in the mail, and it's like, Okay, well
they paid it, but I haven't received it yet. And
so the same is the case in the Bible Book
of Daniel, Daniel chapter ten, Daniel, chapter ten, and I
will read beginning at verse one, Daniel, chapter ten, and
I will read beginning at verse one. And it's a
really interesting story because sometimes we get bent out of
shape thinking God is not listening. And the Bible reads.
In the third year of King Cyrus of Persia, a
message was revealed to Daniel, who was called Belt to Shazar.
This message was true and concerned a great war. He
understood the message and gained insight by the vision. In
those days, Daniel was mourning for three whole weeks. I
ate no choice food. This is what Daniel saying. No
meat or wine came to my lips, nor did I
anoint myself with oil until the end of those three weeks.
On the twenty fourth day of the four of the
first month, I was beside the great river the Tigris.
I looked up and saw a man clothed with linen.
Around his waist was a belt made of you faz.
His body resembled yellow jasper, and his face had an
appearance of lightning. His eyes were like blazing torches, His
arms and feet had the gleam of polished bronze. His
voice thundered like the sound of a large crowd. Only I, Daniel,
saw the vision. The men who were with me did
not see it. On the contrary, they were overcome with
fear and ran and hide and ran away to hide.
I alone was left to see this great vision. My
strength was drained from me, and my vigor disappeared. I
was without energy. I listened to his voice, and as
I did so, I fell into like a trance like state,
with my face to the ground. Then a hand touched
me and set me up on my hands and knees.
He said, unto me, Daniel, you are of great value.
The Bible teaches in another version you are. You are
highly favored in Heaven. Understand the words that I am
about to speak to you. So stand up, for I
have now been sent to you. When he said this
to me, I stood up, shaking. Then he said to me,
don't be afraid, Daniel, for from the very first day
you applied your mind to understand and to humble yourself
before God. Your words were heard. Did you get that
part of the message. He said, from the moment that
you set your mind and you humbled yourself before God,
what you were praying was heard. It's three weeks. Daniel
is praying three weeks. He is fasting three weeks. He
is in what I would consider to be distressed. But
I can be corrected. If you have a better word,
type it in the chat. But for the three weeks,
he was likely wondering, like, when is God going to
answer my prayer? But what did the angel say? The
Angel said, the Angel said, from the moment that you
began to humble yourself and to yield yourself in this
reality toward God. The answer was it was on the
way verse thirteen. But the Prince of the Kingdom of
Persia withstood me and one and twenty days. But lo, Michael,
one of the chief princes, that's Jesus. I really don't
have the time to prove it. But Michael is Jesus,
one of the chief princes, came unto me, and I
remained there with the kings of And I remained there
with the kings of Persia. Now I am come to
make thee to understand what shall befall thy people in
the latter days. For yet the vision is for many days. Wow,
so much to say there I rushed through it, but
so much to say, so little time. There are times,
just like the song says, he may not come when
you want him, but he's always on time. The Angel
made it very clear that the moment that Daniel was
beginning to petition God and to humble himself, the answer
was there. The check was in the mail. But Gabrielle
got hung up in traffic. He got hung up in
supernatural or celestial traffic. The devil and his evil angels
are still fighting, and for whatever reasons I don't know,
God allows this battle. It's a struggle all day and
all night. There is a struggle all day and all night.
This struggle is happening, and yet God, of course always prevails.
Can you just type it in the chat God wins,
God wins. Type it in the chat God wins. Now,
the question is is God winning in your life? And
it's not a matter of God's strength, it's a matter
of our cooperation. It's a matter of our participation in
the process. God wins for twenty one days, and you
have been in this situation before. For twenty one days.
He was in distress for twenty one days. Daniel was
having challenges in his mind, hoping that God would come through,
and he was not aware that God had already come through.
So I need you, brothers and sisters with me to
be patient. Be patient with God, be patient knowing that
He has everything under control. And the spirit realm is
always at war, at least until Jesus comes. But God
wins in a certain sense. The lesson writer says, understanding
these limits that God God, Well, let me just say,
understanding these limits might not be hard if we grasp
the idea already talked about that God works only by love,
and that love, not coercion, is the foundation of his government.
The lesson writer is speaking about the contrast between the
way God moves. He limits himself by holiness and by love,
like that is his nature the devil. He'll use anything,
anything you can see, in anything you can't see, as
long as God allows it, He'll use anything. But God
has only love, not coercion, only the beauty of his
government by which to work. Continuing the quote, this idea
that God works only through the principles emanating from love
can help us better understand the controversy there are times
that there seems to be a delay, but God always
has your best interest at heart. If there is just
one takeaway today, one takeaway point. The takeaway is continue
to press God in prayer. He will answer, but you
just be patient. Peace.
Speaker 1: 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,