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.
Speaker 2: Vibrant lives.
Speaker 1: Welcome to Your Daily Portion with your host, author speaker
Elle David Harris.
Speaker 2: Good morning, Good morning, Good morning. It is Wednesday, August
twenty one, twenty twenty four. 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 Mark, and our
caption for today is can you drink my cup? Can
you drink my cup? We'll get into that in just
a moment, but first I'd like to say welcome to
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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
and Heaven, thank you for giving us this new day
and for the privilege that we have to come together
in this manner. So many people all over the world,
on so many different platforms, all focusing on your word. Father.
You said, where two or three are gathered together in
your name, you'd be in the midst of us. So
please be in our midst wherever we are in Jesus' name.
I pray, Amen and Amen again. Can you drink my cup?
So you want to be great? Huh? Yeah, there are
some people who just are obsessed with being great. That's
why social media has so many weird things happening. That's
why YouTube and other online media channels are the way
they are. So many people vying for the news media's
attention and et cetera, et cetera. Right, but Jesus gave
the blueprint for greatness. He gave the blueprint for greatness
where God's people are concerned. Maybe I should have said
that earlier. Yeah, if you're one of God's people and
you want to be great. We're going to talk about
the blueprint today, or at least part of it. Of course,
some of what I'm saying is for effect. But let's
read beginning at verse thirty two of the Bible, Book
of Mark, chapter ten, and the Bible reads, and they
were in the way going up to Jerusalem. And Jesus
went before them, and they were amazed. As they followed,
they were afraid. And he took again the twelve and
began to tell them what things would happen unto him, saying, behold,
we go up to Jerusalem, and the son of Man
shall be delivered unto the chief priests and unto the scribes,
and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver
him to the gentiles, and they shall mock him and
scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him.
And the third day he shall arise again. And Jane's
and John, the sons of Debety Zebedee, come unto him, saying, Master,
we would that thou shouldest do. We would that thou
shouldest do for us whatsoever we desire. And he said
unto them, well, what would what would ye that I
should do for you? And they said unto him, grant
unto us that we may sit one on thy right
hand and the other on thy left hand in thy glory.
And I'm not gonna lie. I've always seen this negatively.
I've always seen this negatively. And of course there is
the human element. There is the sinful human element we
have to be considerate of. Like we know that there
was something in there. But is it so bad to
want to be at the right and the left hand
of Jesus? Is it so bad really when you think
about it? But what is a person's motive? Jesus is
at the right hand of the Father, right, Okay, so
what is the motive? And that's where we need to
begin our thought process. But Jesus said, unto them, well
you know not what you asked? Can ye drink of
the cup that I drink of and be baptized with
the baptism that I am baptized with? And they say,
unto him, we can whoa wait a minute now, now,
Jesus already checks their discussion by sort of bringing them
into a higher understanding by asking a simple question. But
it wasn't It wasn't simplistic. It was profound. Are you
willing to walk the road that I am to walk. Now,
if they understood the prophecies, they would have paused. The
prophecy said what Jesus would do like he would be
cut off, not for himself, but for the people. He
would die an ignominious death. He would die the death
of the cross. He gave his life freely for this,
for people who would not receive him, people who were
supposed to be his friends, and of course and others.
But the Bible is teaching us that his people said, yeah,
sure we could do that. We could do that, no problem,
no problem. And so and they said we can. And
Jesus said, unto them, ye shall indeed drink of the
cup that I drink of, And with the baptism that
I am baptized with all ye shall be baptized. So
you're gonna go through it. You don't understand what you're
saying right now, y'all, but you are going to go
through it. There will be trials and tribulations. People will
speak all manner of evil against you, falsely for my sake.
They will revile you, they will persecute you, They will
even murder some of you. Hmm. Well, anyway, that's what's
gonna happen. You will be baptized in the way I'm
baptized Verse forty. But to sit on my right hand
and on my left hand is not mine to give,
but it shall be given to them for whom it
is prepared. And when the Ten heard it, they began
to be much displeased with James and John. See, these
guys were not displeased because they were humble. The Ten
were humble, and they thought that that James and John
were proud. No, that's not why these guys were like,
wait a minute, what about us? Like? What about us?
We can we sit at the right hand of God? Like?
Can we be on the right and left hand? Can
we be those guys who stand like terrabim with Jesus? Well, yeah,
motive matters. But Jesus called them to him, said, unto them.
You know that they which are accounted to rule over
the gentiles, exercise lordship over them. And they're great ones,
exercise authority upon them. But so shall it not be
among you. So if you're looking for authority, if you're
looking for somebody to look at you and to congratulate you,
if you are looking to politrick your way into a
church position or in government position, if that is your goal,
so that you can be seen as high and mighty,
so people can yield to you when you step up
in the place. That is not what God's people are
to be looking after. He said, so shall it not
be among you? I hope God's people are listening. There
are too many people who are seeking prominent positions, even
in the body of Christ, so that we can be chiefest,
so that we can be highest, so that we can
be seen as great, so that people can bow and
scuffle and move out of the way when we come
into the place. And God said, that is not the
way it's supposed to be with you, And whosoever of
you will be the chiefest shall be the servant of all.
Are you vying for the attention of the people so
you can be the servant of all? So that you
can gird yourself with a towel and wash each other's feet,
so you can say, what may I do for you
to enhance your life spiritually, professionally, personally in relationship matters?
Are you looking for an opportunity to bless somebody? Is
that what you wake up within your mind? And whosoever
of you shall be the chiefest, shall be the servant
of all where the son of Man came un came,
not to be ministered unto, but to minister. And it
doesn't stop there. That's already a big one. That's already
a big one. Not sit on platforms, minister, we're talking
about roll up our sleeves and well, forget the sleeves,
get dirty, yes, and do whatever it takes in order
to serve people. This is what Jesus did. But he
also gave his life a ransom for many. Do you
want to be great? Like follow share, hit the notification bell?
Do you want to be great to have a million
followers and viewers. I'm not talking about me. I'm saying
the proverbial me. If you want to be great, become
the chief servant wherever you are, Brighten the corner where
you are, be the chief servant, and then you will
be great. Make it a great day, peace. Thanks for
joining us listening. Friends.
Speaker 1: 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,