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.
Speaker 2: Vibrant lives.
Speaker 1: Welcome to Your Daily Portion with your host, author speaker,
Elle David Harris.
Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning, Good morning, it is Thursday. It's
May twenty 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 Bible Prophecy,
and our caption for today is that your salvation may
be known. That your salvation may be known. We'll get
into that in just a moment, but first I'd like
to say welcome to you and ask you to please
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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 new
day and for getting us thus far into our work week.
Thank you for giving us the ability to speak for you,
for entrusting that to us and commissioning us and empowering
us for this, Please help us to be committed to
you now in Jesus name, I pray, Amen and amen again,
that your salvation may be known. There is so much
to say here, but let me just go ahead and
begin by asking you a question. What obligations? And I
know automatically this causes somebody to itch. You may have
an allergic response when I say obligations, But let me
just speak for a moment. What obligations should we, as
the people of God, a collective, the church, the body
of believers, and as individuals feel toward teaching others the
truths that we love so much. Now you may not
like the word obligations. What responsibility? What are the things
that we should take on. We have been commissioned to
do something. What do we do as a church? What
do we do as individual people of God in the church?
And so the Bible reads here in the Book of Psalms,
chapter sixty seven, verses one and two. God be merciful
to us and bless us. See, God has given himself
the responsibility to take care of us, to be merciful
toward us, to bless us, and to cause his face
to shine upon us. That's what I desire, and your way,
that your way may be known on the earth. So
when God shines his face upon us, when he is
merciful toward us, when he blesses us, the outcome is
that his way, who he is, how he loves, how
he saves, how merciful and good he is, is known
in the earth, your salvation among the nations. Okay, So
this is not a passive reality. Like when God shines
his light upon us, when he is merciful upon us,
toward us, when he does bless us, and he just
gives salvation to us, then it's for us to receive
the light and then share it. It is our privilege.
You don't like the word obligation. I don't have a
problem with that. It's our privilege, it is indeed and
in fact, our responsibility. So God's light is not meant
to stop with us. When we absorb his truth but
fail to reflect it, then we become like the coating
described ultra dark, invisible, unnoticeable. That's not the purpose of light.
And if you don't know what I'm referring to, I
want you to go back to the actual adult study
guide and see what the engineers at MIT created that
new black coating. That is not our mission. That is
not our mission, okay. And so the first thing that
we have the privilege of doing is to reflect the
light of God, not just absorb it. Not just absorb it.
Now we go to Isaiah, chapter fifty six and verse seven.
The Bible reads, for my house shall be called a
house of prayer for all people, for all people, those
who keep covenant with God, those who keep Sabbath. If
you read in Isaiah fifty six, you'll see the entire context.
Those who were once not His people but have become
God's people are not to be considered in their own
minds a dry tree that God doesn't bless, or not
to be considered in their minds or in the minds
of the people of God who were here already as
strangers or somehow broken or somehow unclean. These people who
keep covenant with God, who also keep the Sabbath of God,
which is a sign, which is a sign that God
is the one who sanctifies us. This is what the
Bible says. These are all called a house of prayer,
the house of prayer for all nations. So the invitation
goes out from God's people. We receive his light, his blessings,
his mercy right, and then we go out willingly. We
go out with thanksgiving and praise in our lives. To say,
I was thirsty before here is some water. I was
hungry for the word of God, before here is some bread.
I have been lonely before. We are a community of
believers who love God and love one another. Jesus said,
this is the way that people will know that you
are My disciples, when you have love one for another.
So the Church, the people of God, as a collective,
is not a spiritual departure lounge when you go to
an airport huh, for the select few. It is a
mission hub for all nations. The Last Day's message is
not about spiritual pride. It is about urgency, inclusivity, and service.
The Bible reads in Revelation fourteen and verse six, and
I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven,
having the lasting gospel to preach to every nation and
every kindred and every tongue and every people. So the
people of God move, We move. We don't stand still.
We don't just collect, we don't just congregate. We move.
We move quickly with the message of hope. We move
quickly with the fact that the judgment that is in
our day, that happens before Jesus returns, that is, is
to manifest his ability to cover his people in his
righteousness and to reveal his character to the world in
our day. All of this is to go to every nation, kindred, tongue,
tribeing people. And this judgment or this phase of judgment,
is the only safe place in twenty twenty five to live.
We live in this place, not where we are being condemned.
That's not the only way that judgment manifests. There are
time that we are found innocent, because in this case
we have the covering of Christ. We are now seen
as if just as if we had never sinned, and
of course that is our privilege. We are are not
to be stationary like posts that just stay in one place.
We all are called to fly, to move, to take
the truth forward urgently, joyfully, and globally. And that is
the case in our relationships, in our workplaces and our
conversations as individuals, not just as a collective of believers,
but also as individuals. And we ask God every day,
who can I bless today? At my workplace, on the internet,
as you're posting, as you're responding to posts on the
way in the vehicle, when you're doing your business at
the bank, at the laundrymat, at the place where you
buy your groceries, where you drop off your children for
day care or after care. Who can I bless today
with your truth? Who can I bless with your truth?
There is so much more to say, but so little time.
Let me just say finally that in Psalm chapter sixty seven,
this reminds us that the Everlasting Gospel is not new.
It is rooted in God's ancient call for its people
to bless the world by revealing his character. When you
are like God, you're godly God's power in your life,
You're blessing the entire world, how in the way that
they can also be like him, So be like him peace.
Speaker 1: 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,