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 Monday at
September fifteenth, 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 that I may know you, that
I may know you. We'll get into that in just
a moment, but before we do, I'd like to just
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Let's go ahead and pray, and then we will get underway. Father,
thank you for giving us the invitation to know you.
Please help us to take you up on that. In
Jesus' name, I pray, amen and Amen again, that I
may know you. Wow. So Jesus when he lived on
planet Earth, and he was not too long away from
about to go back to Heaven, but before that he
was going to lay down his life like he said
he would, and take it up again. In those moments,
Jesus was praying what we would call the high priestly
or mediatorial prayer, and he said, and this is life eternal,
that they may know thee the only True and Living God. Yes,
and Jesus Christ, whom thou has sent. And so the
goal really is for us to know God. Do you
know God? Do you know God? Do you love God
more than anything? Do you love God? I can hear
Sister Eleanor Wright, the late Sister Eleanor right in my
mind right now. In fact, I can play it a
little bit here is sitting here in my mind. Do
you love God more than anything? Listen to this? Do
you love God?
Speaker 1: Ooh?
Speaker 2: And I think that this time in the church was
her final time singing and ministering this song. Do you
love God more than anything? And the only way to
love God more than anything is to know him, to
know him. And this is what Moses's experience was becoming
was becoming. And so we go now into the Bible
book of Exodus, chapter thirty three, and we will read
beginning at verse twelve, and the Bible reads then Moses
said to the Lord, see you say to me bring
up this people, But you have not let me know
whom you will send with me. Yet you have said
I know you by name, and you have also found
grace in my sight. Now, therefore I pray, if I
have found grace in your site, show me your way
that I may know you. That was the whole point,
not so that you could Moses. He didn't do that,
but he was not in the presence so he can
brag and say that I have a connection with God
that none of y'all have. Have you ever heard people
talk about their connection with God in a way to
spark envy or some kind of way puff their own
chest up, or somehow engender in your heart the desire
to give them a donation so they can have jets
or new cameras, or somehow build an edifice, or even
feed babies, so that somehow you can have the connection
that they have. This is not that, This is a
true holy connection and not that foolishness that people palm
off as connection with God. And the Bible continues. The
Bible continues, and consider this that this nation is your people.
And he said my presence, Oh God, God said, my
presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.
Then he said unto him, if your presence does not
go with us, do not bring us up from here. God,
we don't want to move from this place. If your
presence will not be with us, let us stay where
we are, because it's not safe out there. God Father,
it's not safe to move without you. By cloud. You
led us by fire, you led us by your voice,
You led us by urim and thummum, you led us
by the shuckin of the glory. You let us. If
you're not going to lead us, Father, let us stay
right here until you will lead us four verse sixteen,
How then will it be known that your people have
found grace in your sight except you go with us?
You see, to know that we have favor with God
is to have the presence. If God is not with me,
then I don't have favor with him. You understand. I
don't care how much money you make. If you don't
have the presence, you do not have favor. I don't
care how much people applaud and fan out because of you.
How many followers on your social media? Is it ten million,
is it twenty million? Is it one hundred million? If
you have all of these followers but you don't have
the presence, then you don't have favor. That's all I'm saying.
That's all I'm saying. I will also do this thing
that you have spoken for. You have found grace in
my sight, and I know you by name. I remember
it was about nineteen ninety nine. I don't know for sure.
It was around that time. I was at a convention
where people who minister by foot door to door were
convening in Tampa, Florida. And I met a sister that
time who said, pray for me, brother. That's just how
she said it. Pray for me, brother, call my name
in your prayer. God knows me. Oh my, does God
know you? Does he know you by name because He
has endowed you with his favor. That's my desire, that
is my goal every single day, to have the presence
the favor of God upon the life of my family
and me. Yeah. So from the book The Ministry of Healing,
page four hundred and nine, I read, to know God
is man's highest privilege. This knowledge is the secret of
true power. Ooh, to know God, not the stuff you
see on the television, on the news cycle, the endless
news cycle of power graphs or attempted power grams, usurpation
or attempted usurping of authority, That is not it. It
is the secret to true power, growth, and of true life.
What is it to know God? So we have a
few lessons. We have a few lessons Number one. Number one,
to know God requires a continual pursuit of his ways,
not knowing about him, not just appearing where God happens
to be at a given time. I'm saying, knowing God
requires a continual pursuit of his ways. Well, what does
it look like to pursue God? Ask God daily to
teach you his ways, not just his works, his ways,
his character. You understand not just the things you see
him do, but the way he is, and your relationship
with Him will get deeper and deeper and deeper, and
you will begin to even look like God's character looks.
Number two, God's presence is the believer's greatest need, and
so Moses knew that without God's presence, victory, safety, and
true identity of as God's people would be impossible. So
before starting any task or any journey, beg God, invite
God's presence. Invite God's presence into your life to go
before you and then guide you. And finally, as we
come to a swift close, God's favor rests on those
who walk closely with him. Enoch is fascinating to me
because Enoch walked with God to the degree that God said,
you know what, no more planet Earth, for you come
up a little higher, Come into my presence, Enoch, are
you walking with God?
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,