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, April
twenty one, twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is Elle
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 the Bible, and our
caption for today is Abraham's Call. Abraham's Call. We'll get
into that in just a mine moment, but first I'd
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Let's go ahead and pray, and then we will get underway.
Father in Heaven, thank you for giving us this day
and giving us our daily bread. Father, Thank you for
helping us to hear from you. Otherwise we wouldn't be
here together. Please give us the drive to do whatever
you have called us to do. In Jesus name, I pray,
Amen and Amen again Abraham's call. This is a very
interesting subject because a lot of us like to wax
eloquently about things in the Bible. And we'll go back
all of those thousands of years and analyze every detail
and then take ourselves right into the same area where
Abraham was called and from where he was called. And
then once that is all done, most of us will
have drawn some lessons based on his story and not
even begin to apply it to ourselves. And so let
me just begin here with a very simple question, in
what specific way can you be a light in your
community this week while maintaining your distinct connection with God.
You're to be a light. I am to be a
light in my community. Whatever that means, it's specific, it's
this week, it's personal, it's me. It requires balance because
it's the light of God in my life and in
my community. But it's balanced between that light and my
values in my connection with God. Sing for you, and
then it demands choose an action. What is it that
we're going to do to be a light? How will
we be a light this week in our community? And
of course this reflects the mission that God has given
us in the modern era, meaning like now today, okay,
and so what we're going to do is just take
a quick take a quick peek to the Bible Book
of Genesis chapter twelve to begin our discussion. Genesis chapter twelve,
beginning at verse one, and now we have some context
to answer the question personally. And the Bible reads, now
the Lord said, unto Abram, I want you to fill
in your name here, Abram, what is your name? Type
it in the chat, like put your name in the story.
Get thee out of thy country and from thy kindred
and from thy father's house, unto the land that I
will show you. What is the command of God to you?
What is he calling you to do today? Verse two?
And I will make of THEE a great nation. What
is God's promise to you? And I will bless THEE
and make thy name great, And thou shalt be a blessing.
So a part of God's answer his call, etc. With
you the action that He has required of you. What
will be the result, What will be the outcome? Is
that to be determined. Let's keep going verse three. And
I will bless them that bless THEE, and curse them
that curseth THEE. And in THEE shall all families of
the earth be blessed. And so Abraham departed, what will
you your response be? Brothers and sisters. You've typed your
names in the chat. You have heard the call. You
have determined that God is calling you to be a
light in your community, beginning today for this week. And
now as He has given you your marching orders, what
is your response? Verse four. Let's see what Abraham's response
was when he was still Abram. So Abram departed, and
the Lord had spoke, as the Lord had spoken unto him,
and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy and
five years old when he departed out of Haran. How
old are you? I don't need you to necessarily type
it in the chat unless you desire hah. When he
departed out of Haran, he was seventy five years of
age verse five. And Abraham or Abram took Sarah his wife,
and Lot, his brother's son, and all of their substance.
And they gathered and their souls that they had gotten
in Haran. And they went forth to go into the
land of Canaan. And into the land of Canaan they came.
What is the impact What is the impact on those
who are a part of your quote Kindred, your family,
your wife, your your daughter, your son, your husband, your nephews,
your nieces, the people who look up to you. What
impact is it having on them? You answering the call
of God? Verse seven. And the Lord appeared unto Abram
and said, unto the seed, will I give thee this land?
And there he builded an altar unto the Lord who
appeared unto him. Does God's call his response to your
obedience put you in a position of worship? Like does
your mind immediately say, God, you have called, You have
empowered me to answer. Now I'm living in an experience
of worship with you. Hmm. We see it did with
Abram verse eight. And he removed from thence unto a
mountain on the east of Bethel that means house of God,
the House of God, and pitched his tent, having Bethel
on the west and a on the east. And there
he builded an altar unto the Lord and called upon
the name of the Lord. Are you calling upon the
name of the Lord today? H As God is calling
you out of something into something, as he is expanding
your territory, as you are having an impact on your
community and on your own kindred the people who hold
you dear, and you hold them dear? Are you calling
upon the name of the Lord? Verse nine? And Abram journeyed,
going on still toward the south. And so there are
reasons for this call of Abram, though one is to
separate from idolatry. I wish I had the time. But
in Joshua chapter twenty four and verse two we see
we see that God's people had a habit of serving
other gods. Number two, he established God's people through Abram.
Remember he said, I will make of thee a great nation.
What is God establishing through you? To your faith and obedience,
the connection you have with God? And doing what God
has called you to do. What is God establishing In
this case, he was establishing a great nation Ah. And
then of course the promise, the Messianic promise in thee
shall all of the families of the earth be blessed.
This kind of faith through what Abraham had done, and
a demonstration of what we can do by serving God
in submission to him, we see now how salvation works.
We see now if we have the same kind of
faith that Abraham had, that it will be accounted unto
us as righteousness. And it means also that we become
heirs according to the promise that God has made to him.
And then we see, of course, there is a development
of his faith by faith. Hebrews chapter eleven and verse
eight says by faith Abraham when he was called he obaye,
he was building trust in God. It was a test
of obedience. His faith was continuing to grow, and his
character was developing. And so this call and the response
to the call, and all that God had done as
a result of this call, it shows God's initiative. God
is the one who into your life, and he's the
one that gives the command. He is the one that
supplies the faith. He is the one who gives the result,
of course, and then there is God's divine purpose and
the blessing in the promise, And of course, always at
the center of these discussions and the reality of our
lives is God's redemptive purpose. What is He doing on
the landscape of the plan of redemption in your life?
And the people who are closest to you, and the
people that you will reach, the people who will see you,
those who will respond to God by faith because they
saw you do the same Abraham's call. That's a very
interesting subject. But what is the call for you?
Speaker 1: Peace? Thanks for joining us listening.
Speaker 2: 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,