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, morning, Good morning. It is Wednesday, April sixteen,
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 Bible Prophecy, and our caption
for today is Isaac and Rebecca. Isaac and Rebecca. We'll
get into that in just a moment, but first I'd
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This is one of the ways that we continue to
build faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray, and
then we will get underway. Father in Heaven, thank you
for giving us this new day and getting us to
the midpoint of our week. Please draw us into your presence,
help us to live holy lives and to be connected
with you until Jesus comes. In Jesus's name, I pray,
Amen and Amen again Isaac and Rebecca. The lesson writer
points out something very interesting that when Abraham was all
and no doubt thinking about his promises or the promises
that God made to him and his posterity, he gave
his oldest and most trusted servant a solemn task. And
you want to know what that task was. Let's go
ahead into the Bible Book of Genesis, chapter fifteen and
verse five. Here is a promise, Here is a promise,
and the Bible reads he took him outside and said,
look at the sky. This is what God said. He said,
and count the stars. If you are able to count them,
then he said to him, so shall your descendants be Okay,
So I'm going to talk about the details in a
second when we go to Genesis chapter twenty four, But
for now, let's think about the connection of the promise
from Genesis chapter twenty two and verse eighteen. The Bible reads,
and in thy seat shall all of the nations of
the earth be blessed. So if when Abraham is giving
his servant a solemn task of finding his son the
right wife, and he has the promise of God settled
in his mind, he's thinking about the connection. Of course,
there is a connection maybe he wasn't fully aware of
in the messianic line, a connection of the covenant continuation
and the divine promise and the future blessing. So all
of this and more is wrapped up in the task
that the servant had. Now, let me ask you a question.
What if you had this task. What if someone of
good reputation who is connected to God is asking you
to serve in a particular way, and you have all
of this seemingly on your shoulders, what do you do first?
Do you just run out and say, okay, I'll go
do exactly what he or she said? Or are you
going to pray first? Are you going to ask God
how do I fulfill this mammoth task. That's a question
that we all need to be answering. And then of
course we see the action, the action of Abraham's faith,
his trust in the promise, his active obedience, and the
focus on the future as he continues to build and
covenant with God. And then the Bible teaches us about legacy,
spiritual legacy that would come as a result of just
a couple of things. One Abraham and Sarah being obedient
to God and receiving the promise, and number two having
when that son is born to lead him into the
paths of righteousness, and then ultimately when he is married,
to continue the legacy. Okay, and so that was just
a quick overview. Now we're going to the Bible book
of Genesis, chapter twenty four and see why this is
all so important. Genesis chapter twenty four, and I'll read
beginning at verse one. And Abraham was old and well
stricken in age. And the Lord had blessed Abraham in
all things. And Abraham said, unto his eldest servant of
his house that ruled over all that he had put
I pray thee thy hand under my thigh, and I
will make thee swear by the Lord, the God of
Heaven and the God of Earth, that thou shalt not
take a wife unto my son of the daughters of
the Canaanites. Of course, this is because these well we'll
get into the details. Let me pause right here among
whom I dwell, But thou shalt go unto my country
and to my kindred and take a wife unto my
son Isaac. So there is an importance in this choice.
There's an importance in this choice, and the Bible does
teach us in the New Testament, we understand now what
it means. Two Corinthians, Chapter sixteen and verse four six
and verse fourteen. Be ye not unequally yoked with unbelievers.
Why not because unbelievers don't love God. You see, unbelievers
don't have faith in the God of Heaven. And if
this is a covenantal relationship that Abraham is extending through
his legacy based on the promise of God, then he
knows that the promise or the enactment of the promise
can be disrupted by his disobedience. And so we want
to continue the spiritual legacy. When you got married, were
you thinking about the promise of God. Were you thinking
about the fact that one day we will see him
face to face. Were you thinking about the fact that
one day you would have children, and those children if
the Lord spair's life, will have children, and God has
given you a responsibility to train up your children in
God's path of righteousness, were you thinking about that? I
certainly was. I wish I had the time. Let's keep going,
Let's keep going. And then, of course there is that
saying promise in Genesis chapter twenty one and verse twelve
we see the promise repeated. It's a divine promise straight
from God in Isaac, shall all thy seed be called?
So the stakes are high because eventually Jesus would come,
as he was born to Mary, he would come through
that line. And again there's covenantal fulfillment. There is the
promise of preservation and God's plan. Of course, there is
prophetic significance. There is all kinds of relational significance. But
more than that, it is about connection with God and
keeping that connection clear. And so this teaches us that
marriage does affect faith. Our choices. I'm saying it does
affect faith. There is a spiritual unity that is crucial
when we get married. Faith preservation is vital. And then
of course family influences destiny or the outcomes of our lives.
I say often there is no one who influences me
more heavily than Simone. Simona is the greatest influence in
my life. It doesn't matter with whom I work when
I'm doing my contract work or whatever it is that
I do for business. It doesn't matter what my son does.
It doesn't matter what's going on on the television, which
I don't watch anyway, but that's a different story. I
don't have that kind of time, right But whatever is
on YouTube or some other platform, that stuff is critical. Yes,
But Simone is the most influential person because I am
joined to her. The two of us have become one flesh.
And so if that is the case, and it is,
and we have a child because because of our love relationship,
then that means that whatever happens in the generations to
come are vital. Bible actually talks about it in the
Ten Commandments, where it says that God is showing mercy
to thousands who love him and keep his commandments. Of course,
before that, he said he's visiting the iniquity that the fathers,
upon the children, to the third and fourth generation of
those who hate him. But I'm thanking God for the mercy,
the mercy that comes to those who love Him and
keep his commandments. So marriage is no light matter. When
we are marrying, we choose hopefully by God's grace, with
the power of the Holy Spirit and legacy in mind. 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,