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 Sabbath, September seven,
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. Our caption for
today is Taken and Tried, Taken and Tried. We'll get
into that in just a moment. First, i'd like to
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on this broadcast. Okay, let's go ahead and pray and
then we will get underway. Father in Heaven, thank you
for this day and for the privilege that you have
given us to live another Sabbath day. I pray that
we will live according to your principles. Help us to
take what you give us in stride, and know that
you have measured every trial before it came our way.
In Jesus name, I pray, Amen and Amen again, taken
and tried, so we are going to begin now by
reading from Mark chapter fourteen, Mark chapter fourteen and verse
thirty six. And of course Jesus is speaking now to
God the Father, and he said, Abbah, Father, all things
are possible for you take this cup away from me. Please, nevertheless,
not what I will, but what you will. Now I
want you to get the scene. Jesus has done his work.
He has completed, or at least to this point, he
has completed the work up until he's about to give
his life for us. Right, and so for more than
thirty years now, Jesus has been faithful. For almost three
and a half complete years, Jesus has been in the
public eye, like he has been in public ministry, actively
and deliberately on the mission to seek and to save
that which was lost. That is where he is right.
And now he's in the garden of Getsem and he's
praying to God, our Father, and he is calling to
him and saying, this load is heavy. Have you ever
been in a situation where the load was heavy? And
I don't mean just normal life load. We know that
sometimes our relationships are in shambles. We understand that like
there are times that our health is in compromised positions.
We know that there are times at our job and
there are people who frustrate us. We understand this, but
this is not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about
persecution for Christ's sake, where you know that you are
a child of God, connected to him, and you are
doing his will on a daily, regular basis, and you
find that when you do that, like Jeremiah, you're buffeted.
You have trials related to doing God's will. Some people's
second guess. I'm not saying Jesus was doing that, but
some people like Jeremiah was second guessing. It was like,
every time I do your will, especially when I speak
your words to the people who are to hear it,
it's terrible. It's difficult. It's difficult, and so I'm not
doing this anymore. This is what Jeremiah said, And then
the Bible says after he had tried that. I think
it's in chapter twenty. He said it was like when
he tried to hold back himself from doing exactly what
God wanted him to do, speaking the words that he
was to speak. He said, it was like fire shut
up in his bones. He could not hold it back anymore.
Now we understand that there are times that we do
God's will exactly as God says, and because of that,
we are persecuted. Because of that, there is a feeling
sometimes of separation between us and our Father because it's like, God,
could you relieve this suffering? Can you remove some of
the burden of this pain? And it appears, it appears
to us while we're not seeing clearly that God is
not paying attention. And so Jesus is in the garden
of Gethsemite. He's at a point now where the heaviness
is heavy. I mean, it's ridiculous, and he's sweating as
it were great drops of blood. Have you ever sweat
till you bled? No? I haven't, I have it. I
can't speak for you. There are some people in the
world that have experienced that heaviness. But Jesus is there now,
his three closest disciples are are are are not praying
for him, They are asleep, and uh, yeah, he's preparing
to give his life for us. And yeah, we find
out later that the disciples, actually all of the disciples
forsook Jesus and fled. One of them eventually betrays him
with a kiss and then murders himself. He kills himself,
commits suicide, meaning Judas and and and and and and
and all of the weight of the sins of every
sinner who has ever lived or ever will live are
now on Jesus's shoulder. I think we have painted a picture.
And he hasn't even gone to the cross yet. And
he's like, God Father, all things are possible for you.
I know you can make a way. Will you take
this cup away from me? But if you won't, nevertheless,
like the three Hebrew Boys said, we know that our
God can deliver us. But if he chooses not to,
we still are going to do your do God's will. Nevertheless,
not what I will, but what you will. And so
what we're going to do is now learn a few
lessons when we are in challenges, we are in difficulties.
And Jesus said, they persecute you, They revile you. They
say all manner of evil against you, falsely. For my sake,
he said, rejoice and be exceeding glad, for great is
your reward in heaven. For so persecuted they the prophets
which were before you. And by the way, they did
the same to Jesus. But here are some principles that
we can embrace in order to live the kind of
life that Jesus demonstrated in that one pivotal moment, as
he had all of the weight of the world on
his shoulders. First is from Fhlip in chapter four, verses
six and seven. Be careful for nothing, but in everything
by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be
made known unto God. See Jesus did that. He did
that and the peace of God. Jesus eventually got God's
peace in that moment, which passeth all understanding. Shall keep
your hearts and mind through Jesus Christ. So we want
to embrace prayer as a foundation to connecting with God
no matter what our trials are. Then, from the Bible
Book of Proverbs, chapter nineteen and verse twenty one, the
Bible reads, there are many devices in a man's heart. Nevertheless,
the counsel of the Lord that shall stand. The counsel
of the Lord shall stand, even if we are trying
to figure our way out of a trial, if we're
looking for a way to manage the trial in our
own minds. But when we keep in mind that God
is solved and that we should be praying and connecting,
praying to and connecting with God. Then that means now
that we are ready to submit to his sovereignty. You
know everything, All things are possible. Jesus said, nevertheless, not
as I will, but as thou wilt, submit to God's sovereignty.
Mm hmm. I'll say it another way from Matthew chapter
six and verse thirty three. And this is probably our
final But seek ye first the Kingdom of God and
his righteousness. That's what Jesus did, and all things needful
shall be added unto you. Of course there was a
specific context. But seek God's will above your own. Make
it a great Sabbath, 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,