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 Thursday. It's
June twelve, 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 how to study Bible Prophecy, and our
caption four today is for such a time as this,
and really I'm going to form as a question in
a little while, for such a time as this. We'll
get into that in just a moment, but before we do,
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Let's go ahead and pray. Father, We thank you for
getting us this far into our work week and for
giving us the example of Esther and how you have
called us for something specific, not random in our day.
Please help us to fulfill the mission you have given
to us. In Jesus' name, I pray, amen and Amen
again for such a time as this. Okay, so when
you wake up in the mornings, it's early morning for well,
I shouldn't say most of our listeners and viewers, for
a good portion of our listeners and viewers, except for
those on the continent of Africa. Like, when you wake
up in the morning, or even if you're moving along
your pathway during the day, do you have the understanding
that you were born for such a time as this.
I need you to be reflective, like, think about it
carefully while you're doing your work, while you're preparing for
whatever it is that you're preparing for today. Are you
thinking for such a time as this. When you're at
the gym exercising, you're on the road, you're taking public transportation,
you have that quote chance meeting at the supermarket with
someone you've never seen met or heard of before. You're
in the airport, on travel, whatever it is. You're on
the internet and you comment on something that somebody else
also commented on, and then now there is a connection.
Do you realize and understand that you may have been
created for such a time as this? And then another
question is, well, what shifts in the world because you're here?
What shifts shifts in the world because you're here because
God created you? And by the way, in the meantime,
as we think about the foreboding events of the last days,
there will be a ton more than we've already begun
to see. We should not have fear. We should not
have fear like no fear for myself, and no fear
for the prophecies, no fear for you, no fear in
the prophecies for you. We know the end of the story.
We know the end of the story. So we were
created for such a time as this. We are to
fulfill a particular goal, mission, or task. We're to reach
into a person or person's lives for the shift to happen.
It may be a historic one, it may be one
historic for the individual that we are encountering. But just
as the prediction of hard times is reliable when it
comes to prophecy, so is the promise of deliverance. I
think we have something now in the same way that
the prediction of the hard times is reliable. We've seen
in prophecy, we've seen in history that God's people who
live in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. If you're faithful,
you will suffer persecution to a greater or lesser degree.
But in the same way that we can be one
hundred percent sure of this, we can be also one
hundred and twenty percent, one hundred and fifty percent if
there be such a thing, that God's deliverance is also sure,
even more sure. I wish I had the time. And
so what we're going to do now is teach a
few things using the Book of Esther and Esther's experience
in God's people's experience to illustrate some things and learn
some lessons. So in Esther four and verse fourteen, of course,
we're going to paraphrase or cut out parts of these
different passages to make the point in verse fourteen, who
knoweth whether thou art come to the Kingdom for such
a time as this? See God orchestrates time and place
with purpose. You being here at just under six minutes
into this broadcast, you're on the radio, you're on television,
you're listening on a podcast, you're live with me on
multiple online platforms right now. God orchestrates the time and
the place with purpose. You see, Esther didn't get didn't
end up in the palace by acts. I need you
to read the whole book. I did say that to
you the other day. In the same way. We are
not living in these last days by accident. Why weren't
you created to live fifty years ago? I'm talking about,
like be at this age fifty years ago. Why were
you not in the Great Depression era? Why were you
not back when Daniel, Hannah, Andaiah, Michel and Azariah were alive?
And so what I want you to do is ask yourself,
where has God placed me for such a time as this?
And who am I supposed to influence, impact or assist
in transforming? Okay, so let's go to verse thirteen. Think
not with thyself, that thou shalt escape in the King's house. See,
there is responsibility that came for Esther. She was still
from among God's people, and she was getting She was
getting the guidance from the wise man of God. That's
safety in silence is a lie. Esther's position could not
protect her if she abandoned her people. Her position could
not have helped her if she abandoned her people. Today's
believers must resist the urge to stay quiet when truth
is under attack. There are too many of us with
our mics and our voices silenced, our fingers for typing, silenced,
our influence silenced, the way that we invest our money
in the things that matter to God silenced. And so
I need to be asking myself, where in my life
am I tempted to stay silent without or out of
fear or comfort? Where in my life, if anywhere, am
I tempted to be silent for fear or for comfort.
Now let's go down, down, down. Let me just skip
down to Esther chapter five in verse three, considering our time,
and the Bible reads, what wilt thou queen Esther? And
what is thy request? So we've already gotten her into
the presence of the King. The King does already accept her.
She is now in the phase where she can intercede
in what way? In what way?
Speaker 1: Like?
Speaker 2: What request will I make when when it matters most,
is it going to be for something that makes me
feel better, something that's better for my own life, or
something greater? You see, esther didn't only survive in this
situation because the King didn't destroy her when he when
she came into his presence, she also was invited to ask.
And that is the power of intercession. Our King listens
when we approach him on behalf of others. So what
I want you to do is is to is to
think of some people. I learned this from from a pastor,
Pastor Smith, when I was when I was a young
New Bloe in nineteen ninety six. I was in my twenties,
and I remember him saying that we need to write
down a list of people that need to get connected
to God and baptized, and then we begin to pray
and work with that list, leading people to as close
to Christ as we possibly can. There is so much
but the victory, the victory that God gives his people
is to be shared, not to be held for ourselves.
When God gives victory for his people, it is for
all of his people, as long as we are faithful.
There's so much to say, so little time. Go back
to your actual lesson study and glean as much as
you can. Make it a great day. Peace.
Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us listening.
Speaker 2: 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,