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 Tuesday, March four,
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 God's Love and Justice, and our caption for
today is the case of job. The case of Job.
We'll get into that in just a moment, but first
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Let's go ahead and pray and then we will get underway.
Father in Heaven, we do thank you for this day
and for the privilege that you have entrusted to us,
and thank you for giving us your word. Thank you
for the examples of people in whose lives you won,
Please win in our lives. In Jesus' name, I pray,
Amen and amen again the case of job. Okay, so yesterday,
yesterday we talked about the fact that God won the
war in heaven against the devil. He wins the wars
on planet Earth, even though even though sometimes he allows
the Devil to do some things on planet Earth, they
have limits, they have bounds, and then God's people triumph.
But I left you with the question, and I repeated
it over and over to almost the point of it
being annoying. Is God winning in your life? And really
it's up to me. It's up to you whether God
wins in my life. Job was faced with the same question,
did God win in Job's life? Now? The Bible teaches
us in Job Chapter one, I want to read all
of the passages, but there's just too much in there, right,
too much, too much, too much. It's an incredible book book.
You read that in your spare time, and then remember
what we talked about here. But the Bible says that
there was a man whose name was Job, and he
lived in the land of Uz, and the Bible says
that he was righteous. This is God through the inspiration
of the Holy Spirit, teaching Moses as he's telling the
story that this man, his experience on planet Earth was
an experience of holiness because he knew how to repent.
The Bible says that he in the King James version
as stewed evil. That simply means that, just like the
rest of us, he was born in sin, shaping in iniquity.
Just like the rest of us, he sinned and fell
short of the glory of God in his life. But
the Bible teaches that he learned how to repent. He
learned how to turn away from sin and turn toward
God no matter what, just like Eno, just like Eli
Shah Eli Jah, just like Holda Anna and so many
other of God's people in the scriptures. And so in
this case, now there is a meeting held, a celestial meeting.
Now we understand that job is holy. Yes, there is
a meeting. God is there with his people or his
beings if you want to say, and the devil is there?
What is the devil doing there? But he's there, He's there.
And then as God is holding this meeting, he says,
wait a minute, I see the devil here. Where are
you coming from? And with his boasts, Oh okay, boastful self,
I was about to use a colloquialism, a colloquialism with
his boastful self, he says, basically, I've been going wherever
I want to go on planet Earth. You see, because
he's relegated to planet Earth. According to Revelation chapter twelve,
he was kicked out of heaven. So now he's down
here using the same stuff, the same tactics he did
when he was in heaven. As of course, someone who
needed to get kicked out got it. And so I'm
going and doing whatever I want to do. I'm running,
I'm going up and down into and fro in the earth.
And so he's basically saying, every human down there is mine.
I do whatever I want to do. I'm contested. I
am there. And so God is saying, wait a minute,
I hear what you're saying. Have you considered my servant job?
I know you overcame Adam. I know David, you overcame him.
I know and every human that has ever been born
of a woman except well, we can't say except Jesus
yet because Jesus wasn't yet born, but it would have
been except Jesus. Right, got it? But have you considered
my servant job? There is none like him in all
the earth. And the devil is saying, but hold on,
hold on. I hear what you're saying. He's only holy
because you protect him. And this is where we want
to put down our kickstand and pause for a moment.
Are you only holy? Are you only attempting to or
actively serving God? Because things are working well in your life.
Your money goes longer than your month, your children, your
spouse healthy, Everything is going fine. Social media is your friend.
And not your enemy. Huh, your job, your profession, your business,
everything seems to be flowing well, not that you're wealthy,
but because you know everything is is status quo, and
in this case, the status quo was good. Your relationships
are working well, your personal development is the way that
you want it. Your spirituality is exceptional. You're feeling it.
It's wonderful. This is what's going on in your life.
And the devil in this story is saying, that is
why Job serves you, because you have everything taken care
of for him. Look at how wealthy he is. Look
at how exceptional his family is. And even when his
children go awry, you've positioned him that he can help
them to get connected with you. Look at everything, and
then the Bible says, okay. At different points in this discussion,
God allows the enemy to touch Job's life. Do protect Job. Okay,
you can touch his stuff, and it feels like momentarily,
the devil runs through Job's wealth and he loses all
of his wealth in a day, and then he runs
through his family and loses his family except for his wife,
who had lost her faith in a day. And the
Bible says that the devil keeps going back. See, let
me touch him, Let me touch him some more, Let
me touch him some more. And then God allows the
enemy to touch Job's health. Brothers and sisters, if your
health is imperiled, do you still worship God? Do you
still believe God? Do you believe God when things don't
work well with your family? Do you believe God when
things don't work well with your finances? Do you still
believe God when your spouse or the one whoever is
that's closest to you has lost his or her faith?
Do you still hold on to God? Do you love
God more than anything? Do you love God as the
songwriter would have penned? And if God forbid your health
starts to be imperiled, do you love God well? According
to the rest of the story, we see that even
though God allowed the devil to touch the man's family,
touch the man's finances, touch the man's relationships because his
three plus one friends thought that they were doing some good,
but they were doing harm and misrepresenting God as they
were giving Job so called advice. These guys are supposed
to be holy, that's a different story. And then God allows,
of course, as I said, the devil to touch Job's health.
Job remained faithful. That is the question. Am I going
to remain faithful? Come? What may see the same power
of God that overcame the dragon hah, The same power
of God that overcame the dragon in Job's life, the
same power of God who is present in these last
days can also make us holy. Will you choose to
be on God's side? Well, God did restore Job. He
can restore you too. But in the meantime be holy 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,