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, July twelve,
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 of course
we're making our journey from Egypt to the Promised Land.
We are nearing home. Let me just say that I
heard that him and my mom when I just said that.
But before we get into our lesson study for this morning,
I'd like to say welcome to everyone joining us, especially
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Let's go ahead and pray and then get underway. Father,
We thank you. Thank you for the times that you
are with us and we don't even recognize it. Thank
you for being patient with us and loving and kind.
And I pray that we will live the life that
you have called us to live, even when things are difficult,
and help us to come out on the other side
into your promise with thanksgiving. In Jesus' name, I pray,
Amen and Amen again. Rough start. If this were a
group coaching or group counseling moment, a group coaching or
group counseling moment, I bet I could get a bunch
of people. There are hundreds of you watching live, and
I don't know how many people are listening live around
the world right now, but there are so many of
you that I like, I think would tell incredible stories
about how rough your start was? Was it when you
were born? There was some story attached to you being
born in your mommy, going through some extreme challenges. It
could be your start as a professional, your start in
your relationships. It could be your start and your understanding
of self, personal development, self awareness, etc. But I'm sure
that we could share a lot of incredible stories about
how rough the start is. But before we get into
how rough things are, we should say how good God is?
Is the roughness or difficulty that we have gone through
bigger than our God? More powerful than our God? And
of course the answer, the obvious answer, is absolutely not.
And so we begin in this story with God's people
now to be delivered from captivity, and yeah, it's kind
of a rough start. But the Bible reads in Exodus
chapter five, verses one and two. Afterward, Moses and Aaron
went in and told it, did not say asked. The
Bible says, I don't care what language you read it in.
Told Pharaoh. Now they're standing on business. They're ten toes down,
knowing that it is God that is now speaking. Thus
says the Lord God of Israel. Not asking you any questions, Pharaoh,
because they're on God's business. Let my people go. They're
speaking in God's voice. Now let my people go that
they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.
Let me put it to you this way. Pharaoh was
in the way of God's people being true worshipers. Now
I know I may have said it in a way
that's melodramatic, but God is saying, my people are bound.
They are limited. They are not as free as I
need them to be to serve and to worship me,
and therefore the barrier to that reality has to be
broken down. Now you have an opportunity, Pharaoh. I just
need you to listen. All you need to do is
fly to gate, like open the gate, let my people go.
It's very It's just as simple as that. Let them go,
and they can now hold a feast to me in
the wilderness. We don't have time to cover this, but
when Pharaoh, way later in the story, in case I
forget to mention it, way later in the story, when
Pharaoh finally does seem like he was about to comply,
was like, okay, yeah, let everybody out except these babies
from twenty years in younger. And God is like, I
A a ah, let everybody out, And now that we
know the end of the story. It's like, yeah, if
God or Moses had allowed Pharaoh to get away with that,
then only two people would have gone into the Promised Land,
because Moses and Aaron were dead. The rest of the
people of God at that moment, they died if they
were older than twenty because of their lack of faith,
And the only ones that went into the Promised Land
were the people who were twenty years and younger at
the time of their deliverance. But I don't have the
moment at time to deal with that in detail. But
the Bible continues, and Pharaoh said, oh, my goodness, these
ridiculous words. Who is the Lord that I should obey?
Speaker 1: His voice?
Speaker 2: Now? Listen, there are a lot of people who have
tried to test God over the years, a lot of people.
Who is the Lord that I should obey him? He's like, yo,
who was? And I don't even want to use I
don't even want to get into the way that he
would have been saying it, because that doesn't even feel
right with me reporting this reality. But he was disrespectful
to let Israel go. I don't know the Lord, nor
will I let Israel go. Okay, Well, Okay, I guess
you're right about you don't know the Lord. But listen,
Pharaoh was proud. But I promise you God did introduce himself.
I was gonna ask you the question, but really it's
a silly question. God introduced himself. Yes, did Pharaoh let
God's people go? Absolutely? So when he's saying I don't
know God and I'm not about to let his people go,
God is like, okay, so listen, I'm gonna introduce myself
and you're going to do exactly what I said. Spiritual
crime does not pay. Let me say it again, spiritual
crime does not pay. God gave you a direct command
King Pharaoh. Forgot which Pharaoh was in power at the time. Yeah,
God gave command, So was Pharaoh crowd Yes, yes, his
own words showed it in again that verse that I
just read. So this arrogance at this is arrogance at
its core. Pharaoh places himself above God himself. He questions
God's identity and authority. In the same breath, he sounds
exactly like the devil. He was the Devil's son. This
is the posture of pride, the Bible says in Proverbs
chapter sixteen and verse eighteen. Basically, don't do that. Pride
goeth before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.
Think about anything that's attached to pride. Think about anything
where you see the word pride, like lions are a pride,
and we see they're not very good at hunting. They're
supposed to be. They are predators, but they're not nearly
as successful as African wild dogs, who are at a
in their success rate. But pride, when you attach pride
to something, look for that something to be antithetical to
God's ideal. Did God introduce himself?
Speaker 1: Yep?
Speaker 2: He did it over and over again, through miracles, through warnings,
through direct statements, and then ultimately plagues and by the
way God caused him caused the Pharaoh to fly the
gate and actually let God's people go. But we're fast
forwarding the story Exodus, chapter seven and verse five. The
Bible reads, and the Egyptians shall know that I am
the Lord when I stretch forth my hand upon Egypt
and bring out the children of Israel from among them. Remember,
the Pharaoh asked the question, who is the Lord that
I should let them go? I'm not going to let
them go? And God is like, well, I am the Lord.
I am that I am. I'm going to cause you
to let my people go, and then you'll know that
I am the Lord. Oh God, What is it that
God is going to deliver you from beginning at this moment.
I talk to you about transform it transformation yesterday. But
in this moment, even though you may be in that
rough patch, you may be having a rough start, in
this moment, God is introducing himself to your challenge as
your problems, even your pride. He's introducing himself to your
tribulations financially, relationally, is it a personal problem, and he
will fly the gate. He will let you go if
you will just trust him. Don't be proud like Pharaoh.
The only introduction you need is to submit yourself to
God and allow him to get you free from whatever
it is that's binding you today.
Speaker 1: Peace, 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,