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 Tuesday, January thirteenth,
twenty twenty six. 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 uniting Heaven and Earth Christ in Philippians and Colossians.
Our caption for today is being confident, Being confident. I
want you to be confident in Christ. I want you
to have godfidence. Yes, before we get into that, I'd
like to say welcome to everyone joining us, especially those
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one of the ways that we continue to build faith
and fellowship. Let's pray, Father, we thank you for this
day and the privilege you have given us to be
confident in You. That we don't have to come behind
in any gift, that we don't have to fear in
the judgment because we are perfected in love. But help
us to keep our confidence in You and not in ourselves.
In Jesus' name, I pray Amen and Amen again. Being confident?
Being confident? Is there a problem with confidence? Let me
just start with that question. I want you to type
in the chat. Type your answers in the chat. Is
there a problem with confidence? Does God want us to
be unsure? Does God want us to second guest life?
Does He want us to be unstable and wavering? Or
is confidence? Okay? So I think there is context to everything.
If our confidence is only in ourselves, then that's where
the problem lies, okay. And so our problem is not confidence.
The problem is wherein do we really center our confidence?
And if it's in what God is doing what God
has done. Yes, even in our own lives, the skills
He has given us, the gifts that He has imparted
to our lives, then we are in a good stead. Okay.
We begin by reading from way back in eighteen fifty
eight in the reviewing Harold James White, The sleep of
death holds no terror for the child of God. That means,
don't be afraid, brothers and sisters, for the next moment
brings the waking glory. So if God forbid one of us,
if we are His children in fact, and indeed, if
one of us should die, right we go to sleep
in Christ in the next moment that we know that
our consciousness is given to us will be when Jesus
calls us up from the grave. You understand. So, if
God forbid I die in twenty twenty six, and if
Jesus comes in another year, I'm not pushing his coming
to a year. I don't know when he's coming, but
let's just say arbitrarily that he comes in several years
from twenty twenty six. To me, it's a moment. To me,
it's a moment I'm resting in the grave, and in
the moment that Jesus does return, and I receive my
consciousness and I am raised incorruptible by God's grace, then
I don't have a I have no understanding of the
passage of time. If Paul, dying millennia ago, wakes up
when Jesus, when he wakes up as Jesus comes millennia later,
he only knows that he went to sleep, and then
in an instant, as far as he is concerned, Jesus
is here, okay. And so we don't fear death, not
as God's people, because we know that when Jesus does come,
he will awaken us and it'll be all glory for
the rest of eternity. Can I say rest of eternity?
That's that's kind of weird. But throughout the ceaseless ages
of eternity And from the book Desire of Ages, page
seven hundred eighty seven. To the believer, death is but
a small matter. To the Christian, death is but asleep,
a moment of silence and darkness. And so yes, we
will miss our loved ones if one of our loved
ones passes away, because God never intended for us to
be separated. But we do not weep like those who
have no hope. We weep sometimes because we're separated. We
weep because we want their companionship and don't have it
right now. We weep because we desire to hear their
voices in our ears. But for this moment their voice
is silent except through their legacy. But when Jesus comes,
all of that will be resolved for the believer now
Lessen Number one is Paul longed for Christ so deeply
that death felt like a momentary step toward seeing him
at the resurrection. In Philippians, chapter one and verse twenty three,
the Bible says, like, I feel torn between two between
two decisions right because I have a desire to depart
or to rest and to be with Christ. So when
Jesus comes, he wants He's like, if I get some
rest now, in a moment, I will see Jesus. Because
we have no understanding of passage of time when we
are resting, and so to depart actually means to break camp.
It's a metaphor for death as a temporary rest. And
so the action step is reflect on the resurrection, hope
today and thank Jesus for the promise of waking to
see him. If God forbid some of you are facing
terminal illness. This is the reality for you at this moment,
and I'm trying to be to be cognizant that this
could sound terse. So please, just please, just charge any way.
I communicate with you to my head and not my heart. Okay.
And if God forbid, if God forbid, he gives you
the opportunity to rest. You intended to see your grandchildren
live for another several years before you lay down your
burdens and rest. But if God allows for you to
rest in the near future, in that moment, it is
temporary for you. And one day you'll see and you'll
be able to know what happened, what happened, You'll meet
your loved ones again. So I want you to find
courage in the fact that if you rest, you rest
under the faith of God, and at the appointed hour,
you will hear that trumpet sound. You will hear that
voice as if an archangel. You will hear God call
you from wherever you are resting. And thank God, thank God,
we're looking forward to that day. So reflect on the resurrection,
hope today, thank God for the promise of waking to
see him. Lesson Number two is coming in from First
Thessalonians Chapter four, verses sixteen and seventeen. Paul knew the
dead sleep until the resurrection, and yet he also knew
the next conscious moment after death is Christ's return. You
see how he did that, And so let me just
read part of it from verse sixteen and then jump
over to seventeen. The dead in Christ shall rise first
when Jesus comes back. The dead Christ will rise first,
and then we which are alive and remain, shall be
caught up together with them to meet the Lord in
the air. And there shall we ever be with the Lord.
And so now we understand that kum mayol kumayo. It
is the Hebrew word four or koi excuse me, I apologize,
I do not speak coin a Greek. Koi meo means
to sleep. It's the biblical term for death and unconscious rest.
And so the action step for us is to trust
Jesus today with one fear that you have about death
or the future, yield it to him and ask him
for the victory. And our final, our final, our final
lesson is that Paul chose to stay. He rather to
stay alive, not because of benefit for himself. Like I said,
the other day, but for the spiritual good of others.
Serve one person today, brothers and sisters, in a way
that strengthens their faith in Christ, and in that case
your life will have been well invested. Peace.
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,