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: Hello, Hello, Hello, it is Sunday, September fourteen, twenty twenty five. Hello,
my name is El David Harris. I am your host,
and this is your Daily Portion. This is the Lunchtime
Life Application Edition. Say that three times, and this is
where we give you God's word every single day, and
today is no exception. We are continuing in our lesson
study series through the Book of Exodus, and our caption
for today is the Tent of Meeting, The Tent of Meeting.
Before we get into this, I'd like to welcome everyone
joining us, especially those joining us for the very first time.
I'm asking you to go over to your Daily Portion
dot com. Please pick up the your Daily Portion Life
Application Guide, because really all we're doing here is reading
that because some people are still having difficulties applying the lesson,
and in the morning time we drill the lesson itself. Okay,
So pick up the your Daily Portion Life Application Guide
so you can read along with me and jot your
notes as we reread when God gives you new insights. Okay,
and yeah, let's go ahead and pray and get underway. Father,
We thank you for this afternoon and the time that
we are investing on this Sunday. Father, while we get
ready for the rest of the week. Father, please please
give us wisdom and instruction as we apply. As we apply,
Please in Jesus name, I pray, Amen and amen again
the tent of meeting. We are applying in four key areas,
type of one in the chat if you have your
Life Application Guide. And by the way, the new one
is already out for the quarter four because on the
twenty sixth we begin our new quarter. But I digress.
If you have this Life Application Guide, go ahead and
type of one in the chat. Please, type of one
in the chat, and if not, just go ahead to
your Daily Portion dot com and pick it up because
you'll need it. Okay, spiritual application w what is important now.
God invites us into personal friendship, not only formal worship.
My favorite writer, spiritually Speaking, said that when we pray,
it iss us lifting up our hearts and having a
conversation with God as to a friend. Okay, so that's
what we're doing. Internalize the insight, the tent of meeting
or the tabernacle, the tent of meeting of the Old
Testament shows that God desires intimate. This is what God
wants from you. I want you to apply this to yourself.
We're not talking about anybody else. He desires intimate, face
to face communication with us. I should probably start changing
the language so that it's really reflecting me. When you're
reading it, it's reflecting you. His goal is not simply
to give you instructions or me instructions, but to draw
us as close as friends. This closeness shapes who we become.
So if you see God as the one that's way
out in space and the one who's distant from you,
like some of the people in the eighteen hundreds did,
then that's going to reflect in your relationship with him.
The next best move spiritually set aside personal time, I
would say, invest personal time today to meet with God intentionally.
Are you going to pray five times today? Three times today?
Are you going to keep the channel open with God
like Enoch the Bible says, walked with God. Is that
the way that you're going to do it. Treat it
as a tent of meeting moment, no distractions, only you
and Him. And I'll just tell you when Simon and
I used to drive to work together many years ago,
we had a long trip. I decided, you know what,
at some point, we got to shut this radio off,
like we can't continue to listen to the news for
like hours, and and I would you know, we would
have we would have some interaction with God in that
time rather than just with media that's coming in through
the radio. Personal application. What is important now, Transformation comes
from regular personal encounters with God. Internalize the insight. Moses
changed because he kept meeting with God. Bible says he
was the meekest man to up until that time. You
don't need a mountain or a tent. You need consistency.
How consistent are you with God? He's consistent with you.
He wakes you up every morning, doesn't he He gives
you what you need for the day, doesn't he? When
you go through trials, he's with you and sometimes even
gives you relief, doesn't he? Definitely? So be consistent with him.
Regular time with God shapes your thinking, reactions, and decisions.
Because remember they used to have all of the WWJD paraphernalia.
What would Jesus do? That's the kind of way that
we need to think. Like if Jesus were still living
on planet Earth in twenty twenty five, what would he do?
That's what we're talking about here. So regular time with
God shapes your thinking, your reactions, and decisions. And next
best move establish a dedicated time in your daily routine
for undistracted personal worship and reflection. So no matter how
we this, we're coming back to this point even in
our personal application. Now let's go to relationships. What is
important now? Your private relationship with God will affect how
you treat others. I talked about that, Yeah, I spoke
about that yesterday at Diamond Acres here in Saint Catherine
and Jamaica and Adam and Eve had that challenge like
those those folks when they were created individually that had
a connection with God and then God put them together,
and then it's the threefold core that's hard to be broken. Right.
But when they broke their relationship with God, then their
relationship broke. They started blaming each other. Not Moses, Adam
blamed his wife and God, the woman that you gave
to me, she gave it to me, the sinful thing,
and I did eat. And then she, of course she
blames the devil and said, the devil made me do it.
And so the relation relationship breaks down with our people
when we break down in our relationship with God. Internalize
the insight. Moses's friendship with God equipped him to lead
and serve the people with patience and courage. Intimacy with
God empowers us to love and serve others even when
leadership is hard. We do see that one time that
Moses failed, and you see what happened there, don't you?
And then next best move, before any difficult conversation or
leadership decision this week, meet with God first. I remember
I was speaking to Mishka about this particular lunchtime program,
and it's funny, I'm usually the one to ask this question,
but that's why she's so special and dear to me,
as my baby says, She said, did you pray about
did you ask God?
Speaker 1: Not?
Speaker 2: Did you pray? Did you ask God about it? And
I told her yes, I talked about it with him
and I said some things to him, but I did
not speak in such a way that I'm asking and
waiting for the response. You see. So before any difficult
conversation or leadership decision this week, meet with God first
and seek his presence. Don't forget that part and his perspective. Okay, Now,
professional application, as we come to a swift close, what
is important now? Leadership requires private preparation before public responsibility.
Don't We see public failings many times in leadership. We
see it on the news, depending on how large the
company is, or wherever on the internet, when people start
talking about what went wrong, the failings of whoever. Think
about the guy at well, I won't call the company name,
but he got caught on the kiss cam with somebody
who was not his wife, and it was like whoa,
And now all of a sudden, it is a fiasco
not only in his own relationship, but it's also professionally
a fiasco for he and his company, you see. And
so leadership requires private preparation before public responsibility internalized the insight.
The tent of meeting was Moses's leadership headquarters. Private communion
with God gave him wisdom to lead well. Leadership clarity
flows from spiritual clarity. The next best move before your
next leadership task or major decision, invest intentional time, asking
God for wisdom, not only for answers, but for understanding
and his presence 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 l David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,