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 Sunday. It's
May eleven 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 how to study Bible Prophecy.
I didn't say it yesterday, but we are in lesson
number seven of thirteen, and our caption four today is here.
I am send me here, I am send me. Before
we get into that, I'd like to just say welcome
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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 and Heaven. Thank you
for this new day and for this new work week.
Thank you for giving us the understanding that you are
looking for people to help people to get close to you. Father,
Please help us to be faithful with that charge today.
In Jesus's name, I pray, Amen and Amen again. Here
I am send me. We looked at this just briefly yesterday,
but now we're going to drill it some more. Let
me read from what the lesson writer has said in
the first paragraph. Years ago, a church decided to renovate
an outdated basement in order to create a new fellowship, Paul.
One of the first things they did was to install
new lights, new lights, you see how bright I am
lights are important, believing that they would make the space
seem more beautiful once they were installed. However, the space
looked worse. Uh oh, because bright lights have a way
of revealing our flaws. Can we just pause right here
and say that perspective matters. Yes we need lights, Yes
we need the cameras, but when the lights come on,
we have to be prepared for what we see. This
is why some people run away from the light of
God's words. Sometimes people run away from the light of
understanding because really and truly their interest is to continue
in the way that they have been living for years.
But the light says, We're going to expose the truth.
Whatever the truth is. Okay. So the question that I
have for myself is what do I do when God
shows me my flaws? I need you to just pause
right there and listen and then answer the question honestly,
what do I do when God shows me my flaws?
Do I put on makeup? Do I put a filter
over the lens of my camera or over my TikTok
or Facebook or YouTube or whatever else is out there?
Do I put a filter over it so I can
make myself look better?
Speaker 1: Like?
Speaker 2: Do I beautify myself with jewels? Do I beautify myself
and make myself feel better? I said, perspective? Is everything
feel better? By putting on aprons of fig leaves. So, oh,
that's what Adam and Eve did. They put on fig
leaf aprons when they wanted to feel better about themselves
when they were guilty as charged. Just like, what do
I do when God shows me my flaws?
Speaker 1: You see?
Speaker 2: The good thing about God showing me are my flaws
is that he already knew. He already knew, and he
still loved me. He knew, and then he gave me
the best gift in the world, which is cleansing from
sin and all unrighteousness through the life and the death
and the resurrection and the ministry, the present help ministry
of Jesus right now, that cleansing work that's going on
on right now. So when God shows me my flaws,
he's not just showing me the problem. He's also presenting
himself as the solution. But I said, perspective is everything.
And so now we are going to take some action
based on what we will read from Isaiah chapter six.
We'll do it point by point, okay, And so in
chapter six, verse five, the Bible reads, then I said,
or then said, I woe is me, for I am undone,
because I am a man of unclean lips. I dwell
in the midst of a people of unclean lips. For
mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of Hosts.
Speaker 1: See.
Speaker 2: When Isaiah was taken into the presence of God, he
was taken into the presence of God in vision or
something sometimes I don't understand. But he was given the
opportunity to witness worship in heaven. And when he could
see how holy God was is with his eyes, not
just know it, but see it with his eyes, to
see those six winged creatures who were worshiping and crying Holy, Holy,
Holy is the Lord of Hosts. When he experienced that scene,
it was when the light came on for him in
a way that it did not come on before, and
he could see all that was wrong with him all
at at the same time, and it was overwhelming to him.
And all he could do is cry, woe, woe is me.
But guess what. God did not leave him that way.
I said that a little bit earlier, didn't I. And
he sent an angel to cleanse him. He took a
live call from all off of the altar and touched
the lips and life of Isaiah and said, this has
touched thy lips your iniquity is now cleansed. And then
God makes the call, who will I send? How can
we send somebody from this experience to go and to
do what I have called them to do? Now Isaiah
being cleansed, Now Isaiah being in the presence of God
to the degree that he was transformed. Now Isaiah is
jumping up and down, not saying woe is me, not
calling out the negative realities of his life, but saying,
now I'm ready to go God, because you are the
cleansing God of the universe. And I thank you. And then,
of course Isaiah did. And so the action really for
me in that regard is to examine my life regularly
in the light of God's word. And when I do,
and I take an honest account with the power of
the Holy Ghost leading my mindset, then I put myself
on the mercy of God and say, God, will you
please show me how to be like you? Will you
cleanse me and then activate me to do your will? Yes?
And so we go, we go. Let me just fast
forward here to let's go with verse eight. I did
mention it, but let's do it again. And Isaiah chapter
six and verse eight. The Bible reads also I heard
the voice of the Lord saying, whom shall I send
and who shall go for us? Then I said, here
am I send me? And so the action in that
regard is to stay attentive to God's voice, remain at
the ready, ready to be deployed when God says go.
Stay attentive to God's voice. That means to listen, being
open to us call, and ready to respond affirmatively every
time he asks. Ah, that's a good one. That's a
good one. That's a good one. Let's go with one
more From the book two Timothy, chapter two, in verse fifteen,
we may get another one in there. The Bible reads
study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that
needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
And so the action here is to dedicate time. I
would say invest time, because when you invest in something,
you don't spend it. You invest in something, then there
is a reasonable expectation of return. Okay, So invest time
to study the scriptures so deeply, so deeply as to
understand as much as you can understand humanly, with the
power the Holy Ghost, the character and will of God.
And then helping me to me now want you to
apply it to yourself, helping me to represent him to others.
When they see your good works, when you let your
light shine from God through your life, they will glorify
your Father, which is in heaven. Are you jumping up
and down right now saying God? I know you're revealing me,
but I'm ready to go here I am.
Speaker 1: Say thanks for joining uspeaking to 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,