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. It's
June nine, 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 the Bible Prophecy, and
our caption for today is Ruth and Boaz. Ruth and Boaz.
We'll get into that in just a moment, but first
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continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray. Father,
We thank you for this new morning and for the
privilege to come together in this manner again. All over
the world, in so many countries, we are now converging
upon this point to study and to know your word
and to be connected with you. Please help us to
be that way with you, like connected and covered by you.
In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen and DayMen again Ruth
and Boaz, pardon me, And so now we jump into
the part of the story where the relationship, if you
want to say, between Ruth and Boaz, is developing. There's
so much to say here, but let me just ask you.
When you are going through your greatest trials, when you're
going through your greatest difficulties, what name do you give yourself?
I said, do you give yourself? Because what happens is
just like Naomi, that was Ruth's mother in law or
PA's mother in law. Yeah, she gave her name something
that magnified her problem. Let me just say that one
more time, slower. Naomi gave herself a name that magnified
her problem. What I want to implore all of us
to do is, when we are going through our greatest trials,
we need to engender or embody the name that will
be written in our foreheads. Uh oh, we talked about
this not long ago. The name that is written in
our foreheads is the name that is above every name.
That at the name of Jesus, every need shall bow
and every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is Lord
to the glory of God the Father. And you're like,
but David, it says that your father's name will be
written in your forehead. Did you know that Jesus and
the Father are one? The Holy Ghost, Jesus and the
Father are one. The point is the name that we
should accept, whether we're going through a wonderful time or
a difficult time, is the name of our God. Why
because if we name ourself based on our problems, then
that is what will be magnified in our lives. We
want to magnify the Lord. Go the Bible says, magnify
the Lord. And this is what our lives should be.
A magnifying of the Lord. Now, I fully intended to
read from the Bible Book of Ruth two verses five
through twenty. But I need you to do that in
your spare time, and let's just see what message we
can get from those passages, and then we'll wrap a
nice bou on this and let you go. So in
verse two, chapter two and verse five, we see now
that then said Boaz unto his servant, whose damsel is this?
This is after Naomi is giving Ruth some guidance about
how to get the attention of the kinsman redeemer, the
one that would, if he noticed her, would also take
care of her. Can I just say that God notices you?
Can I say that before you were created and put
into your mother's womb, he knew you well, he knew
that you would be whatever it is that he called
you to be. This is what God knows. And so yes,
if we do what God says, he's noticing through the
Holy Ghost, and that means that we belong to him.
See Boaz is trying to figure out, like, how can
I be connected to her? But let me just make sure.
Let me just make sure that she's not connected into
someone else. And so God notices when we serve faithfully.
This may make more sense once you have fully fully
read through Ruth chapter two. And now in verse eleven,
it hath fully been showed me how thou hast left
thy father and thy mother. I think the Bible says
that a man shall leave his father and mother and
cleave to his wife. I think that the Bible says,
Paul speaking, I show you a mystery. I'm not talking
about just regular relationships here talking about Christ and the Church.
But it says here thou hast left thy father and
thy mother aren't and aren't come unto a people which
thou knowest not. And so the lesson for me is
that the story of Ruth is known by Boaz because
he's inquiring. Her character went before her and then opened
doors under God. And so your quiet integrity, it doesn't
have to be all on the internet. On the internet,
your quiet integrity and can travel farther than your voice
ever could. And so her integrity was manifest in how
she lived. And now in verse ten, why have I
found grace in thine eyes? Seeing I am a stranger.
I believe the Bible teaches us. I'm saying that for
a fact, the Bible does teach us in Isaiah fifty
six that when people keep covenant with God. When we
keep covenant with God, we should not call ourselves strangers.
We should not call ourselves a dry tree. We're not
you nux. We are not torn. We are not separated
from God. If we keep covenant with God, we keep
the sabbath to make it holy. Yet keep it holy
when we are connected to God and covenant. He said
that I will give you a name that is greater,
that is better than of sons and of daughters. It
is a name that will remain forever. Why because my house,
God's house is a house of prayer for all people.
The Bible says, why have I found grace in thine eyes?
Seeing I'm a stranger? Well, you ain't no stranger, no more,
Sister Ruth. The Bible says that this moment pivots the
entire book from sorrow to hope. Ruth expects to be
ignored or dismissed, but instead receives favor. Some of you
are going through that right now. You're wondering, is God
listening to you when you pray, when you are crying
in the night season, when you feel separated from Him,
when you feel like a stranger in a strange land.
The Bible is teaching us that God's grace always exceeds
our expectations. Let me hurry up here. In verse twelve,
the Bible reads, the Lord recompens thy work, and a
full reward be given thee you see bo As praise
blessings over Ruth, I think, the Bible says, and a
song actually highlights that God spreads his banner over us,
which is love Ezekiel, I think it. Chapter sixteen talks
about the relationship God has with his people and how
he is covering us, and the Bible says teaches us
that he speaks Boas speaks into her future, a future
tied to God's providence. A God benefactor doesn't only provide,
they also will cover and speak over your life. They
will cover you. They will cover you. And so I
wish I had the time. But let me just say
this part very closely and clearly from Ruth chapter two
and verse twenty, the Bible teaches us that Boaz, in
his generosity and good character, sees a woman who also
has good character. And the long story short, Jesus Christ
actually comes through this line. And now we know this
story has always been always been about how God redeems
us through Christ. Make it a great day.
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.