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 Wednesday. It
is May twenty one, 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 for today is Psalm chapter five. I know, unimaginative,
but that's it's okay, Psalm chapter five. We'll get into
that in just a moment, But first I'd like to
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build faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray. Father,
we do thank you for giving us this new day
and for the blessing of your word. I pray that
we will live according to your word. In Jesus's name,
I pray, Amen and Amen again. Okay, So which part
of Psalm chapter five do you love the most? Which
part of Psalm's chapter five do you love the most?
Let me go ahead and read the ones that I
love the most. Okay, So Psalm chapter five, beginning at
verse one, give ear to my words, O Lord, consider
my meditation. Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my
King and my God. For unto THEE will I pray
my voice shall thou hear in the morning, O Lord.
In the morning, I will direct my prayer unto THEE,
and will look up verse eleven. But let all those
that put their trust in THEE rejoice. Let them ever
shout for joy, because you defend them. Let them also
that love Thy name be joyful in THEE. I love
this in the words of my sister Mignon, who says
it often God loves us enough to listen to us.
When she opens prayers when we're doing coaching calls together.
She says, I'd love the fact that God, thank you.
She says, thank you for loving us enough to listen
to us. That's exactly what she says, thank you for
loving us enough to listen to us. And I'm thinking
that's a big deal, because to hear and to do
in the way that God taught his people back in
those days, we're the same. So if he's listening to us,
then that means he is acting on our behalf. He's
acting on our behalf. And so in the Bible Book
of Psalms, chapter five, we see that there is a
correlation to many things in Revelation chapter fourteen, verses one
through twelve, and so I will draw some of them.
Some of those correlations here. The first one is David's
clear contrast between the righteous and the wicked. He does
not put them together. If you remember in Isaiah chapter five,
the Bible says, woe unto those who call evil good
and good evil. Well, David does not do that. In fact,
in verses four and five, the Bible reads, for thou
art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness. The
foolish shall not stand in thy sight Verses seven and eight.
But as for me, I will come into thy house,
Lead me, o Lord, into thy righteousness. In fact, in
Revelation chapter fourteen, verses nine, three eleven, it says warn.
It warns of those who follow the beast, they will
receive the wrath. It describes in verses one through five
the redeemed who follow the Lamb in purity and truth.
So David shows that God has no tolerance for evil.
He welcomes the humble who seek his presence. So how
do I apply this? Well, Being a part of God's people,
especially in the last days, means choosing moral clarity. We're
not trying to get it all figured out. The reality
is His word is clear. We don't have to try
to figure out is this evil for me? Is that
righteous for her? No? No, no, no. God has given
us in his holy ten commandments law, the standard Jesus Christ.
In case we didn't get the memo when we were
reading in Deuteronomy five and in Exodus chapter twenty, if
we did not get the memo in the New Covenant,
in the Book of Jeremiah chapter thirty one, if we
didn't get the memo all throughout Old Testament history, Jesus
Christ became the best example and case study for what
the law of the Lord being perfect lives. Like the
Psalmas said, the law the Lord is perfect converting the soul.
We get to see this in real, living color in
the life of Jesus Christ. A part of God's people,
especially in the last days, means moral clarity. Ah, we
can't live in two different camps in the river on
the bank. No. In fact, people in the Old Testament,
the prophets how long haltsy between two opinions. Elijah said, Ah,
if God be God, then serve him. I think it
was Joshua that says, as for me and my house,
we will serve the Lord. Choose you this day whom
you will serve, but my house, Me and my house,
we're gonna serve the Lord. Number two, the righteous seek
God's presence and walk in his ways. I read it already,
but I'll read it again. In Psalm chapter five and
verse three, my voice shalt thou hear in the morning,
I will look up verse eight. Lead me, o, Lord
in thy righteousness. In Revelation fourteen, verse four, the Bible reads,
these are they which follow the Lamb, whethersoever he go.
With verse twelve, here is the patience of the saints
that keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.
So David opens up with an intentional prayer and dependence
upon God's guidance. We see that the people of God
who are following the Lamb have to be intentional. You
can't accidentally follow the Lamb wherever he goes. Because Jesus
Christ sometimes, as he leads us through to the paths
of righteousness, there are bumps in the road. There are
difficulties that we will encounter. We will be falsely accused, maligned,
and abused. Yes, he said, in fact, when you are
lied upon, especially for doing right, he said, rejoice and
be exceeding glad, for great is your reward in Heaven,
for so persecuted day the prophets which were before you. Okay,
and so we see that the patience of the people
of God in the last days is manifesting them actually
doing what God said, not being confused and deceived like
Eve was at the tree of the knowledge of God
and evil, not being proud and big chested and bosy
like a like Adam was when he jumped into sin
when Eve gave him the fruit that God said, don't
eat you. See, they keep the commandments of God. And
guess what God instills in our bosom. The kind of
faith that gets us through in the last days, and
so our application thought is that the last day people
are not simply forgiven, but we're all so cleansed from
all unrighteousness. We are also faithful and obedient and dependent
upon God, just like David described. Let's see if we
can make it with this final final one number three.
God shields the righteous and judges the rebellious in verse
twelve of Psalm chapter five, for thou Lord wilt bless
the righteous with favor, Thou wilt compass him as with
a shield. In Revelation chapter fourteen and verse one, the
Bible says that the one hundred and forty four thousand
are sealed with sealed in their foreheads, protected, protected from
the trials that are going to come. I'm talking about
those extreme ones. The wicked drink the wrath of God
in verse ten. While the saints are preserved because we
have chosen to follow him. We are obedient and faithful.
So the righteous are not exempt from trials. I cited
that a little bit earlier. But we are surrounded by
God's favor, surrounded by his protection, and ultimately we will
surround the throne of God and throw our crowns at
Jesus's feet because he's worthy. 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 el David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,