1 00:00:01,199 --> 00:00:03,839 Speaker 1: Most of us eat every day, some of us too 2 00:00:03,919 --> 00:00:07,759 much because yesterday's food is not enough to supply energy 3 00:00:07,799 --> 00:00:11,560 for today's needs. Why then, do some of us expect 4 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:15,080 yesterday's portion of heavenly manna, the word of God to 5 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:19,000 keep us through today's challenges. On this program, we are 6 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:22,879 going to change all of that. Let's experience God's words 7 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:25,920 today and receive the power we need to live healthy, 8 00:00:26,239 --> 00:00:30,839 vibrant lives. Welcome to Your Daily Portion with your host, 9 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:33,039 author speaker, Elle David Harris. 10 00:00:33,119 --> 00:00:35,560 Speaker 2: Good morning, Good morning, Good morning. It is Sunday at 11 00:00:35,640 --> 00:00:40,679 September twenty eight, twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is 12 00:00:40,679 --> 00:00:43,000 El David Harris. I am your host, and this is 13 00:00:43,079 --> 00:00:46,159 your Daily Portion where we give you God's word every 14 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:49,759 single day and today is no exception. We are continuing 15 00:00:49,799 --> 00:00:52,840 in our Lesson study series, the new one our Lesson 16 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:59,119 Study series considering Joshua lessons of Faith from Joshua, and 17 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:06,280 our caption for today is a New Moses, a New Moses. 18 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:08,480 Before we get into that, I'd like to just say 19 00:01:08,519 --> 00:01:11,640 welcome to everyone joining us, especially those joining us for 20 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:14,200 the very first time. I'm asking you to please go 21 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:17,599 over to your Daily Portion dot com. Please join our 22 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:22,000 online community and pick up the Your Daily Portion life 23 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:24,959 application guide. Please let us know where you are in 24 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:29,200 the world at your Daily Portion dot com. This is 25 00:01:29,239 --> 00:01:32,239 one of the ways that we continue to build faith 26 00:01:32,879 --> 00:01:35,239 and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray. Father, We thank 27 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:39,959 you for the opportunity this new week, Lord to come 28 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:44,239 into your presence. Please teach us how to live godly 29 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:48,319 no matter what, help us to follow you with all 30 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:50,680 that we have and all that we are. In Jesus' name, 31 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:57,400 I pray, Amen and Amen again a new Moses. Okay, 32 00:01:57,480 --> 00:02:00,439 so there's so much I want to say, but there's 33 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:03,840 not enough time. So let me just say this. Joshua 34 00:02:04,519 --> 00:02:07,120 was the perfect example. If you want to use the 35 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:09,680 word perfect, I don't have a problem using it. The 36 00:02:09,759 --> 00:02:16,800 perfect example of a human being following and supporting God 37 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:21,479 through the ministry of another human being. Let me just 38 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:25,280 say it this way. When Moses was the leader that 39 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:27,919 God had chosen for the people of God for a 40 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:32,319 period of time during and after the Exodus, Joshua was 41 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:34,960 right there. He was a man of faith. He wasn't 42 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:37,120 the only one, but he was a man of faith 43 00:02:37,159 --> 00:02:41,560 and God, knowing what he would do many many years later, 44 00:02:42,159 --> 00:02:46,800 made sure that Joshua was in Moses's presence at the 45 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:52,000 times that were most critical for the mission that God 46 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:55,400 would give to Joshua. And so we begin now in 47 00:02:55,479 --> 00:02:59,240 the story beginning in the Book of Deuteronomy Deuteronomy chapter 48 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:02,599 Let's go with Deuteronomy chapter eighteen, and I will read 49 00:03:02,879 --> 00:03:07,960 verse fifteen. The Lord, thy God will raise up unto 50 00:03:08,199 --> 00:03:13,680 thee a prophet from the midst of thee of thy brethren, 51 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:18,840 like unto me, unto him, ye shall hearken. Let's go 52 00:03:18,919 --> 00:03:22,639 to Joshua chapter one, verses one and two, and the 53 00:03:22,639 --> 00:03:26,400 Bible reads, now after the death of Moses. See Moses 54 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:30,360 is now dead. He had done a wonderful job, an 55 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:34,120 exceptional job in leading God's people, but he made a 56 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:40,039 critical error when he struck the rock in anger. On 57 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:43,639 that second occasion, God told him strike the rock the 58 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:47,199 first time. This was a symbol of Jesus having to 59 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:51,280 be smitten, having to be bruised for our iniquities. The 60 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:55,240 chastisement of our peace was upon him by his stripes. 61 00:03:55,280 --> 00:03:58,199 We are healed. This was the symbol as God gave 62 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:03,520 water from the rock. But thecond time symbolize God saying listen, 63 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:06,319 I'm gonna make provision for you. I'm going to give 64 00:04:06,319 --> 00:04:09,280 you the life that is in water, but you don't 65 00:04:09,319 --> 00:04:13,680 have to strike Jesus again. He died once for all, 66 00:04:13,759 --> 00:04:20,240 and in anger, Moses decided to be demonstrative and say, 67 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:22,240 how long do we have to put up with you? 68 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:24,959 In all of the wickedness that the people of God 69 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:29,199 were involved in. They're murmuring, they're complaining all of their repining, 70 00:04:29,759 --> 00:04:32,839 And in that moment, he made it seem that he 71 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:35,839 was the one that was delivering God's people number one 72 00:04:35,959 --> 00:04:39,319 problem and number two, he made it seem as if 73 00:04:39,759 --> 00:04:42,040 Jesus and I know, I know you're going to have 74 00:04:42,079 --> 00:04:44,480 to study this out, and you should, but as if 75 00:04:44,639 --> 00:04:48,800 Jesus needed to be smitten again. And both of those 76 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:52,199 put Moses in a position that God had to move 77 00:04:52,279 --> 00:04:54,759 him out of the way so God could show the 78 00:04:54,839 --> 00:04:58,079 people that the real leader is God himself, but he 79 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:01,319 was using Moses. He moves him out of the way, 80 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:07,079 and then of course he now installs Joshua. Now, after 81 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:10,439 the death of Moses, the servant of the Lord, it 82 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:14,639 came to pass that the Lord spake unto Joshua saying, Moses, 83 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:22,639 my servant is dead. Now therefore, arise, go over this Jordan. 84 00:05:23,639 --> 00:05:28,759 So this transition from Moses to Joshua was explicitly tied 85 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:32,600 to the promise that God would not leave his people 86 00:05:33,319 --> 00:05:37,240 leader less. I need somebody to get this right now. 87 00:05:37,279 --> 00:05:40,240 There are some of you in churches around the world 88 00:05:40,639 --> 00:05:45,160 that have all kinds of criticisms, and you feel discouraged 89 00:05:45,199 --> 00:05:48,839 based on your view of how leadership should be versus 90 00:05:48,879 --> 00:05:52,720 how you see that it is in your church community 91 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:55,319 or even on a global scale. You have a view. 92 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:59,000 You have decided that leadership looks a certain way, and 93 00:05:59,079 --> 00:06:02,680 you have taken it up, taking it upon yourselves. God 94 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:07,560 forbid to strike the rock because you're frustrated. You have 95 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:11,279 stricken the rock the second time. Because you're frustrated. You 96 00:06:11,399 --> 00:06:14,800 think that God is sleeping. But I assure you the 97 00:06:14,839 --> 00:06:18,160 Bible says God does not slumber, He does not sleep, 98 00:06:18,199 --> 00:06:21,480 He will not leave his people leader less. And so 99 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:25,240 it is not incumbent upon you to take the reins 100 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:28,519 into your own hands and go on the internet and 101 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:34,319 on media and criticize and find that fault that you 102 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:40,360 feel justified in finding in order to esteem yourselves as leaders. 103 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:43,879 Let me just say that one more time, very simply 104 00:06:44,319 --> 00:06:47,600 God is still in control. Whatever we have to deal 105 00:06:47,639 --> 00:06:49,839 with in terms of leadership, we need to deal with 106 00:06:49,879 --> 00:06:52,959 it internally. It is not an open battle for all 107 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:56,160 of the world to see, because that does not glorify God. 108 00:06:56,600 --> 00:06:59,800 God wants us to come into his presence and say, God, 109 00:06:59,879 --> 00:07:02,040 now what do you want us to do? And he 110 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:07,480 will raise up a leaders among his people until Jesus comes. 111 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:10,639 Do not misinterpret or read into what I'm saying. Just 112 00:07:10,759 --> 00:07:13,879 listen to it for what I said. And so uh, 113 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:16,360 there are so many, so many words that we need 114 00:07:16,399 --> 00:07:19,879 to use here, Like now the prophet that is the 115 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:23,199 term prophet in Hebrews speak spoken of in the text, 116 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:27,120 that is the spokesman for God. So Joshua in this 117 00:07:27,519 --> 00:07:31,959 moment of ministry becomes the spokes men for God. And 118 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:37,120 then kan kame o me okay I mispronounced it, but 119 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:41,759 it doesn't matter like unto me that word ka mo 120 00:07:42,399 --> 00:07:46,160 me I got it right this time means like unto me, 121 00:07:46,959 --> 00:07:51,360 we're stressing the continuity. So God is saying, there was 122 00:07:51,399 --> 00:07:54,959 a mantle. I placed it upon Moses and of course 123 00:07:55,079 --> 00:07:59,240 Aaron by extension. But now they are moved out of 124 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:04,399 the way, and that is the continuity. I'm instilling by 125 00:08:04,439 --> 00:08:08,759 putting you, the spokesperson, the prophet from among the people 126 00:08:08,759 --> 00:08:11,600 of God into place. Are you now a part of 127 00:08:11,639 --> 00:08:15,639 God's continuity plan where maybe some people have gone off 128 00:08:15,639 --> 00:08:19,720 the scene because they are elders and they have passed away, 129 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:21,920 or they are out of energy, or if God forbid, 130 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:25,720 somebody has passed away, or if double God forbid, somebody 131 00:08:25,759 --> 00:08:28,720 has lost faith, and you are there to take up 132 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:33,399 the mantle. Because God is keeping his plan continuous, his 133 00:08:33,559 --> 00:08:36,279 will will be done. Ask him, ask him, and then 134 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:40,399 of course he wants all of us to shah mah, 135 00:08:40,799 --> 00:08:46,480 shama here, shamah here, and obey here, and obey not 136 00:08:46,679 --> 00:08:50,039 just here. This is what Joshua was to do. And 137 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:53,679 of course he was the servant, the servant of God. 138 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:59,360 He was to be courageous. And so Joshua's opening frames 139 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:05,720 him as a divinely appointed leader, continuing God's presence among 140 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:12,639 his people. Now the continuity is in leadership. God's people 141 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:18,679 were not abandoned. By echoing Deuteronomy, the text reassures the 142 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:24,120 people that God's covenant guidance did not die with Moses, 143 00:09:24,960 --> 00:09:29,120 that Golden Calf incident was a real thing. God did 144 00:09:29,159 --> 00:09:32,639 not need Moses to be the leader. Joshua was not 145 00:09:32,759 --> 00:09:36,360 another man's idea, but God's chosen servant. There is so 146 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:39,279 much more that we can say, but let me just 147 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:42,600 say this. God is always in control. He will not 148 00:09:42,759 --> 00:09:45,039 leave his people leaderless. Peace. 149 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:48,519 Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us listening. Friends. Always remember we cannot 150 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:51,600 live by bread alone, but by every word that comes 151 00:09:51,639 --> 00:09:54,720 from the mouth of God. This has been your daily 152 00:09:54,759 --> 00:10:00,279 portion with El David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah.