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 Monday. It's
June thirty and 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 new Lesson study series Exodus Journey to the
Promised Land, and our caption for today is the historical background.
I know it sounds exciting, I know, I know. Aha,
the historical background. We'll get into that in just a moment,
but before we do, I'd like to say welcome to
you and ask you to go over to your Daily
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that we continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's go
ahead and pray, and then we will get underway. Father,
We thank you for this day. Thank you for the
day that you have made. Teach us to rejoice and
be glad in it. Help us to remember where you
have led us. In Jesus's name, I pray, Amen and
a men. Again remember a valuable and important statement. We
have no fear for the future except we forget how
our God has led us in the past. We have
no fear. We have no reason to fear the future
except we forget the way God has led us in
the past. And I want you to expand your view
of what it means for God to have led us.
Who are the us? Like, who's we in this scenario?
It's my own situation, yes, wherever I live in the
world with my current family as they are now, Yes,
But my ancestors they were led by God. Yes. And
I don't mean just my immediate ancestors in the modern
era with my surname or some variation of my surname
back in history. What I'm talking about is even the
people of God who lived way back in ancient times.
God has led his covenantal people. This means that He
will lead me to no matter what the trials or
tribulations are, no matter who is in power who is not,
what government is in power or not in power, whether
the economy is accept or if it has just crashed,
whether we are in a pandemic or we are in
the post pandemic era, or there is something looming over
the beyond the horizon right now that we cannot anticipate,
whether it's a trial or a blessing. God has led
his people in the past, and he will also lead
them right now, lead us right now. And so in
this historical background, I'll read just a little bit from
the lesson and will jump to application it reads. The
most plausible historical background to Joseph's story is the following.
The new ruler in Exodus chapter one and verse eight,
who knew not Joseph is almost from fifteen eighty to
fifteen forty six BC. The next came Amenotep from fifteen
fifty three to fifteen thirty two BC. The ruler who
feared the Israelites and oppressed them. Later took most the
first and you can see the dates there issued the
death decree for all of the people of God, the
male children his daughter I can't pronounce it. From fifteen
oh four to fourteen eighty two BC was the princess
who adopted Moses to be her son, and then Pharaoh
took most. The third from fifteen oh four to fourteen
fifty BC, who was for some time co regent with
that one I can't pronounce, was the Pharaoh of Exodus
and the Bible, and the lesson writer continues with more
research from a man that I know and dearly care for,
doctor William H. Shay, And you can see the reference there.
So we have some reference about who were the pharaohs
and when. And now we get to application. I'd like
to first go into our life Application guide on page
ten to the professional application. To the professional application. First
of all, what is important now Professional success is ultimately
tied to God's favor and not human's approval or permission.
I said, ultimately, leadership changes cannot override God's divine appointments. Remember,
we started out from Exodus, chapter one and verse eight
about the Pharaoh who did not know Joseph, who didn't
revere the God of Joseph, who decided to oppress the
people from whom Joseph came. But when you're at work
and things go really really weird, or really really well
for that matter, Yeah, your favor or the difficulties that
you have are not left into the hands of human beings.
God is always with you. And if you continue with
that in your reality, knowing that He is watching over
you and guiding every footstep, leadership changes cannot override divine appointments.
Now we're going to internalize the insight we're spelling the
world word to win. Joseph was elevated because God was
with him, even in a foreign territory, even under foreign rulers.
Divine favor opened doors that no human could shut. But
what is my action step the next best move in
your professional life this week? I'm talking about this week,
not next week. Now, pause to pray before every meeting
or decision. In fact, I'm going to do the very
same thing. Acknowledge God's authority over all of your assignments.
That's one way that we can apply the less. Now
let's go into the Bible book again of Genesis, this
time of Genesis chapter thirty nine and verse two. The
Bible reads, and the Lord was with Joseph, and he
was a prosperous man. So why was he a prosperous
man because the Lord was with him. So the first
lesson for today is that God plants purpose sometimes in pain.
You see, Joseph was betrayed, he was sold and in prison,
he was sold by his own brothers. I wish I
had the time. That's crazy and in prison, but God's
presence never left him. God was always with him, like
he promised to be with us and never forsake us.
And that presence turned in justice. I'm going to slow down,
quiet down. The presence of God turned in justice into influence.
That's me beating on the desk. I said that presence
turned injustice into influence. Look at the story of Joseph
and the peaks and valleys of his life and we
see that God was with him and through all of that,
God did something special in order to make him so
influential that he saved so many people. Really, God did
it so many people from starvation and death, etc. So
the action today is ah the trials that we have.
I want you to pray something like this, God, don't
just get me out of my trials, but please get
your purpose out of me while I am going through
the trial, like let your will be done in my life.
I think Jesus prayed that prayer in the garden of Getsemine.
And then we see from Genesis chapter forty one and
verse forty two, and Pharaoh took off his ring and
put it on Joseph. This was the good times, These
were the good times onto Joseph's hands. So God's favor
opens doors, as I've said that no human can shut.
And so today don't chase the promotion though. We want
the presence of God, not the promotion. We want the
presence of God. Stay faithful where you are and let
God bring visibility when it serves his purpose. And then finally, finally,
God's timing may seem long, but it is always right.
Joseph's rise to the Exodus was hundreds of years, but
God still got glory. And God's people.
Speaker 1: Thanks join us listening. 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,