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
August three, 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 through the Book of Exodus, and
our caption for today is go and Worship the Lord.
Go and Worship the Lord. Before get into that, I'd
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Let's go ahead and pray. Father, we thank you. Thank
you for this day and for the privilege that you
have entrusted to us to come together in this manner
all around the world on radio, on television, on the internet,
through podcasts, and in so many other ways through these
fancy new devices that we have. You said, whether two
or three are gathered together in your name, you would
be in the midst of us. So thank you for
being in the midst of all of your people around
the world in this moment of time. Please help us
to live like we're in your presence. In Jesus' name,
I pray, Amen and amen again, go and worship the
Lord now. Okay, So the original context of this wasn't
like a happy thing for whoever's voice that was. Yeah,
it was the pharaoh, that particular king, the one king
that that you know, the Bible says, didn't know Joseph,
and he had disrespect for God's people. Not every pharaoh
in Egypt had disrespect for God and his people, but
this one he was disrespectful, and God had to really
press him so that he would understand. He said I
don't know who this god is that you keep talking
about telling me that I need to let you go.
So God introduced himself and decimated and disrespect and disrespected
the gods that those particular Egyptians at that time were worshiping.
And so yeah, now you know, Pharaoh, Now you know, uh,
now you know, and and and now you are gonna
let God's people go, and you want to You're gonna
want to get them out of there quickly because any
more time in your presence it's gonna be a problem
for you. Okay. And so we begin, we begin by
looking at Really we're not going to read all of
these passages, but from Exodus chapter twelve, thirty one through
thirty six, maybe we will. Let's say we can get through.
And he called for Moses and Aaron by night and said,
rise up, get you fourth from among my people, both
ye and the children of Israel, and go serve the Lord.
As you have said, get out of here, like get
out of here, get up, get up. And this word kum,
the Hebrew word kum for get up means sudden release
or rise, urgent release. So the insight I'm thinking about
here is this moment marks Pharaoh's surrender. This doesn't mean
that Pharaoh started to worship God, Nope, it doesn't mean
that he even respected God as God. But he knew
that he was coming up. He was bumping up against
something that was way bigger than him. So he needed
to get those people up out of there so he
wouldn't lose everything that he had. But he was a
broken ruler under divine pressure. The king who hardened his
heart is now pleading for the departure at night, urgently,
without negotiation. Not this time. He's not talking about holding
nobody back. He's not talking about you know, okay, go
ahead and then change his mind, or you know, try
to mimic whatever the people of God were doing with
his counterfeit magicians. This time it's like, hurry up and
get about of here because it's not working out for me.
And also verse thirty two, take your flocks and your
herbs at herds. I don't know why I say herbs
your herds, and ye as ye have said, and be gone.
Now he wants a blessing. He's asking like he's kneeling
like Barakh. He's he's asking for divine favor. That was
the Hebrew term for this kind of blessings. He's blessing
with a kneeling mindset, like I need you to give
divine favor. Now, this doesn't mean that he was worshiping God. Pharaoh,
once seen as a lowercase God, is now asking for
prayer like his empires shattered, his false gods have failed.
This is an acknowledgment, even though it's shallow, it's hollow,
that God's power is supreme. Verse thirty three and the
Egyptians were urgent upon the people that they might send
them out of the land in haste, for they said,
we all be dead men. Urgent, urgent, it's strong, it's force,
it's pressure. Get out of here before it's too late
for us. But I thought Pharaoh said that he's not
gonna let God go, I mean God's people go. I thought.
I thought he said, well, I don't know him, so yeah,
go tell him I'm not doing that. I thought that
that was his pasture posture. Well, now now they rushing
him out of here before we die. Like urgency. Hmmm,
Kazakh strong force, pressure, compulsion. Now instead of forcing them
to work, he's trying to force them to get out
of there. Verse thirty four and the people took their
dough before it was levined. They're kneeding troughs being bound
up in their clothes upon their shoulder, symbolism unleaven bread.
Of course, it represents in this moment haste. They didn't
allow it to rise. It was on the way, but
now in haste, but in purity, while it's pure, and
in obedience. They got up out of there. They were ready.
Speaker 1: Now.
Speaker 2: God had already warned his people and said, yo, y'all,
be ready to go, because it's time to go. When
God is saying, be ready, be ready, be ready, are
you listening, listening, listening when he said that I'm going
to come through for you. Are you awaiting with your
staff in your hand, with whatever it is that you
know that God has for you to keep with you?
Are you ready? Are you looking at the eastern sky
looking for the cloud about the size of a man's
hand relative as we're looking up. Are you looking for
Jesus to come like he said to those who looked
for him, to them, he shall appear without sin unto salvation.
Like are you looking for whatever God has for you
while you are living on planet Earth? This deliverance is
a symbol of all of that, they were ready. The
night of deliverance came just as God had said in
verse eleven, and the people followed in faith and obedience,
not waiting for perfect preparation. There are some of you
who would have overthought that if you didn't have faith.
I'm saying you said, but where were gonna go? Like
how we gonna but what our stuff isn't And then
you know, counted yourselves out. But this haste was a
part of God's plan fulfilled in the feast of unlovend
verse thirty five. And the children of Israel did according
to the word of Moses and borrowed of the Egyptians
what jewels of silver, jewels of gold, and Raymond, I
wish I had the time the booty that which they
took from Egypt. In fact, God gave them from Egypt
as they were thrust and almost forced out of there. Yeah,
God used that to build a sanctuary, because there came
a point after God said, have them build me a
sanctuary that I may dwell among them. He told Moses
to go to those same people who were delivered and
thrust out of that land of Egypt, out of the
house of bondage, out of slavery, out of their comfort zone.
Even he said, go to those people, and I want
you to take a willful offering from them. Do not
receive from them anything that was not given willfully, and
then build my sanctuary. Got to the point where the
people had given so much, so much of what God
had given them. I wish I had the time. We
give thee, but thine own whatever it shall be. All
that we have is thine alone. Oh Lord, it's a
trust from thee. They had given so much to God said, okay,
tell them to stop like we got enough. We got enough,
We have enough, and so borrowed. It was ax requested,
not alone, but it was a divine transfer. Going into
verse thirty six, we won't have all the time. Let
me just interpret it now, the reversal of power. The
former slaves walk out. They walk out wealthy, not begging.
God shows that his people will not leave bondage empty handed.
Make it a great day.
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,