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 Tuesday, October
twenty one, twenty twenty five. 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 Lessons of Faith from Joshua, and
our caption for today is the Lord is a Warrior.
Let me just ask you a question. Have you been
coming to the Evening Reflection time? I'm testing this one
out at seven pm Jamaica time to be sure that
this is something that's useful to you. So just say
yes to Evening Reflection. It's seven minutes where we have
a devotional thought that's bringing down the lights of the
day to just kind of settle in with what we
learned in a story and meditation format, and then hopefully
you go down to rest until morning time. You understand
where I'm going with this, so say yes to evening
reflection if that is useful to you. And also also
let me know if I should continue the music the
music teachings on Friday evenings. If so, then type yes
to music. Okay, let's go ahead and pray, and then
we will get underway. Father, We thank you for this
day and for being a warrior. Thank you for taking
care of us, because we can't take care of ourselves.
In Jesus name, I pray Amen, and a man again.
The Lord is a warrior. And so we begin by
reading in the Bible book of Exodus chapter two, and
I will read verses twenty three through twenty five Exodus
chapter two, verses twenty three to twenty five, and the
Bible reads, now it happened in the process of time
that the king of Egypt had died. The children of
Israel groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out,
and their cry came up to God. Because of the bondage.
So God heard they're groaning. You see. The only way
that our God is hearing our groaning. And I want
to paint the picture visually, is if He is near
enough to us that he can hear our groaning. I
know in real life, in reality, it doesn't matter how
deep into the pit that we are, It doesn't matter
how far in the distance we are, the bottom of
the sea, he can hear us. He is there. We
know this. But I want you to paint this visually
to say, since God is hearing the groaning of his
people in one place on planet Earth, among the many, many,
many many people on planet Earth, that means that God
is near to you right now. He is near to
you because he loves you. He heard their groaning, and
then listen to what he did. He remembered his covenant
with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob. You see, God
is the promise keeper, the ultimate promise keeper. And God
looked upon his people and God acknowledged them. He's saying, yes,
they are mine, they are mine. Remember in the New Testament,
in the Book of Matthew, where there's some people bragging
about all the good things that they had done, and
the voice of God comes back and says, no, no,
here is what the criteria of relationship is. And yeah,
I knew you depart from me, Ye, workers of iniquity,
I never knew you. Well. Here God is saying as
he is beginning to build a connection with his children,
taking them out of bondage, taking them toward the promise.
Never mind the rest of the story at this moment.
But the Bible says, no, I'm pulling you close to me.
You are mine. In Chapter twelve, verses twelve and thirteen,
for I will pass through the land of Egypt on
that night, and I will strike all of the first
born in the land of Egypt, both manned and beast,
against the gods of Egypt. I will execute judgment we
talked about that last quarter. I am the Lord. I've
marched down through the many gods, that false gods, that
God of Heaven was firing on. And then the Bible
continues verse thirteen. Now the blood shall be a sign
for you and the houses where you are, And when
I see the blood, I will pass over you. That
means God is going to save people based on the blood.
In twenty twenty five, you are saved by grace through faith.
Because of being adopted, acknowledged by God, drawn into his presence,
into relationship with him, and because of the ministry of
Jesus Christ and him dying the death that we deserve,
we are able to live the life that he deserves.
And so it says here, I will pass over you,
and the plague shall not be on you to destroy
you when I strike the land of Egypt. And then,
of course in Exodus chapter fifteen, now we see this
rejoicing the song of Moses, and we see the sisters
with Miriam. They are rejoicing in a way that we
are looking forward to rejoice. We can begin now. Don't
wait till the battle is over. We can shout now,
as the songwriter penned Bible teaches us that there is
a song of Moses and the Lamb, as identified in
Revelation chapter fifteen. But we're getting a foretaste of it
in Exodus chapter fifteen. Exodus chapter fifteen, and the Bible reads,
the Lord is a man of war. The Lord is
his name. Pharaoh's chariots and his army he cast into
the sea. Remember God's people, they passed over on dry
ground as he parted the red sea. And now those
who came in after them, The Bible says, they were drowned.
The depths have covered them. They sank to the bottom
like a stone. Your hand, oh Lord, has become glorious
in power, your right hand, oh Lord, has dashed the
enemies and pieces. I need you to remember this. We
talked about this last week, ad infinitum, like over and over.
Remember remember, remember, don't forget, don't forget, don't forget right,
don't forget God. Remember God. Remember that he did this
for these people, and therefore he will do it for you.
There are things in your life that are enemies to
your progress, enemies to your connection with God, enemies to
your holiness. And if you surrender your will to God,
he will cause those to be dashed into pieces. He
will cause those to be sunk, sunk into the depths
of the sea. I believe the Bible says that if
people surrender our will to God, he will cause the
memory of our sinfulness to be cast into the depths
of the sea. And He will not dredge them up,
dredge them up. He will not bring them to mine again.
If we continue to surrender to Him and the Bible
continues for back then in verse seven, and in the
greatness of your excellence, you have overthrown those who rose
against you. You sent forth your wrath. It consumed them
like stubble, and with the blast of your nostrils, the
waters were gathered together. I believe the Bible says that
he breathed his breath into Adam. He breathed his breath
into Eve. They became living souls. I believe that the
Bible is inspired of God, his breathing. God breathed, and
so we have life through his word. We see in
this story where the blast of God's breath his nostrils
caused the river to move so his people could go
forward in safety. The depths congealed in the heart of
the sea. The enemy said, I will pursue whoops, I
will overtake whoops, I divide the spoil. My desire shall
be satisfied on them. I will draw the sword. That
sounds like what the devil did. That's what the devil did.
He had an eye problem when he said he would
be like the most high. Here it goes again. My
hands shall destroy them. You blew with your wind, hallelujah.
The sea covered them. They sank like lead in the
mighty waters. Who is like you among the gods? Who
is like you? Glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders.
You see, we have a decision to make right now. Yeah,
nine minutes in some seconds into our program today, we
have a decision to make. Do we want to be
on the Lord's side where he is fighting our battles,
or do we want to be his enemy? It's very simple.
Surrender your will today. Continue to allow God to fight
your battles, and one day the ultimate battle above sin
will be one in your life and you will live
eternally 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,