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 Wednesday. It's
the sixteenth day of July in 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 through the
Book of Exodus, and our caption for today is uncircumcised lips.
Uncircumcised lips. And I'm not going to lie to you. Immediately,
I was like, what is Moses talking about. We'll get
into that in just a moment, but first I'd like
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will get underway. Father, We thank you for giving us
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entrusted to us to come together in this manner and
then go from here into the world and do whatever
we can to lead people to you. Please help us
to do just that, lead people into right relationship with
You in Jesus name, I pray, Amen and Amen again.
Uncircumcised lips. Now for me that already carried it carried
spiritual or religious, that's really the word I want to use.
It carried religious connotations. And I was thrown off by
it because I'm like, but Moses, why would he be
saying he's going to speak to a man who don't
know God. I know what I just said, and saying
it in those terms, right, And so I had to
do a little bit of digging, a little bit of digging,
and let me just read it now from Exodus chapter
six and verse twelve Exodus chapter six, and I will
read beginning at verse twelve, and the Bible reads, and
Moses spake before the Lord, saying, behold, the children of
Israel have not hearkened unto me. How then shall Pharaoh
hear me? Who am of uncircumcised lips? Now in the
amplified version of the Bible, it reads, for I am
unskilled and inept in speech, and so regardless of all
of the spiritual connotations that I would naturally draw from this,
it literally means the word uncircumcised our roh. It almost
sounds like oral, but it's our roh means it literally
means closed off, obstructed. Then you have unclean or restricted.
But if you look at it metaphorically to it describes
something unready, insensitive or not fit for use. So this
is what Moses's description of himself actually is. And so
Moses is expressing insecurity or inadequacy in speaking in this context.
And God responds with reassurance instead of removing the call
you see in my field of psychology, way back in
the day, negative reinforcement would have been. God gives the command.
Moses complains, God removes the responsibility of the command and
now God is reinforcing through a negative pathway that if
you kick up dust, if you complain, then you can
get away from whatever that prescribed activity is. Okay, And
so God is not about to do that. He said, okay,
I'm going to give you Aaron who will serve as
your spokesperson. Now what now. In the book Patriarchs and Prophets,
we read page two fifty four diffidence and self trust
should not be a hindrance or self distrust should not
be a hindrance to the service of God. The Lord
will compensate for the deficiencies of his workers. So if
you have deficiencies, so do I. If I have sufficient
in if I have deficiencies, so do you. That is
no excuse for not doing what God says. You think
God didn't know when he called you brother, that you
had these whatever it was, the way you speak, the
way you look, the way you feel, where you came from,
the perception of people when they hear from people who
come from where you come from, or whatever other thing
you can contrive in order to give God a way
to say, Okay, you don't have to do it anymore.
God knew that when he called you so Moses's feelings
of unworthiness were real, okay in air quotes, but they
did not disqualify him unless he became disobedient. That's a
different discussion. They positioned him to depend upon divine power
instead of human strength. You know, the Bible says in
Jeremiah chapter six, in verse ten, their ear is uncircumcised
and they cannot hearken. So that was a spiritual implication.
But then Jeremiah in chapter one and verse six says, ah, Lord, behold,
I cannot speak, for I am a child. You see,
God said to Jeremiah before you were formed, before I
formed you in your mother's room, I knew you well
and that you would be a prophet to the nations.
But you know what God actually says, Even even when
you confess that you have unclean lips, even when you
confess that you may be inept, God sees it in
its reality and it's recorded under inspiration. In Acts chapter
seven and verse twenty two, Stephen says Moses was mighty
in words and in deeds, showing that God was in control.
God was in control. You can't say that you're unprepared
when God says you're ready, okay, And So there's so
much I could say in the context of the people
of God in that day. But now let's apply it
for us every day, not directly out of our life
application guide in a different way. Have you ever felt
like Moses type of one in the chat? Have you
ever felt in unprepared, like you're not supposed to be
the one to do exactly what God has impressed or
directly commanded you to do. I can give you examples
of when I thought that, But I ran forward even
with all of that baggage in my mind and in
my spirit. But have you been insecure about speaking up,
or wounded by past failures or quote church hurt. Have
you been tempted to believe that you are too broken
or unqualified to do exactly what God said that you
must do. God doesn't call the eloquent. I've said it
to you another way. God does not call the equipped,
He equips the call but called. But in this case,
God is not calling the eloquent, even though Moses really
was eloquent. How could you have been trained forty years
under Pharaoh and to become the next Pharaoh, presumably and
not be eloquent. Come on, Come on, Moses, Come on Moses,
stop looking at yourself. He makes those he called effective.
So you may have uncircumcised lips in your own eyes.
But God sees the vessel ready to be filled. That
means you're an empty cup. You are an empty vessel,
and God is gonna pour everything he is in order
into you in order for you to be what God
has called you to be. So much more I could say,
but let me just say this that God, actually you
know what. I don't want to get into tomorrow's lesson.
I think I was about to run forward into tomorrow's lesson.
So I'm going to give you just a couple of lessons.
Pardon me, a couple of lessons and let you go.
Number one is coming in from chapter six and verse
seven from Exodus. I will take you to me for
a people, and I will be to you for a God. See,
the covenant stands even when confidence is lacking. So remind
yourself today and every other day. Huh. Remind yourself daily.
I belong to God. Say that to yourself like I
belong to God. When your emotions fail, Yes, when your
confidence is waning, I want you to remember you belong
to God and anchor yourself in covenantal truth. And finally,
don't talk to yourself. Don't talk yourself out of what
God already talked you into. Your weakness is not the issue,
your disobedience is. Uh oh. Make it a great day.
Thanks for joining us listening. 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,