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 Friday. It's
August fifteen, twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is Elle
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 learning from the Amalekites. And it's like, really,
how are we going to learn from the Amalekites. Well,
we'll get in to that in just a moment. Before
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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, thank you for this
day of preparation. Please prepare our hearts and minds to
serve you unreservedly. In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen and
Amen again. Okay, So in the lesson. In the lesson,
we see in the book Patriarchs and Profits, page page
three hundred that there was something really really going on
here with the people of God and the Amalekites, and
it reads the Amalekites were not ignorant of God's character
or of his sovereignty, but instead of fearing before him,
they had set themselves to defy his power. You see,
you have some people who don't love God, but they
are aware of him, they know his power. Some of
the people may have been in relationship with Him at
some point and turned their backs on him, saying that
they're free in air quotes, they're free from the rules
of being among the people of God, you see, but
they see and they know about his sovereignty. They know
about his character, they know about his power, but somehow
they say, you know what, I'm not about that God life.
That's who the Amalekites were. They just they defied God. Well,
the wonders wrought by Moses, continuing the quote, before the
Egyptians were made a subject of mockery, can you imagine
all of those plagues, the parting of the Red Sea.
The Amalekites said, if that ain't us, we not like them,
like okay, okay, uh huh, all right, they not like us.
Somebody heard what I just said, the wonders wrought by Moses.
Before the Egyptians were made a subject of mockery by
the people of Amlek, the fears of surrounding nations were ridiculed.
They had taken an oath by their gods. Careful, careful
with those oaths, careful with those oaths. They had taken
an oath by their gods that they would destroy the
people of God, and that not one should escape. And
they boasted that Israel's God would be powerless to resist them.
They had not been injured or threatened by the people
of God. Their assault was wholly unprovoked. It was to
manifest their hatred and defiance of God that they sought
to destroy his people. The Amalekites had long been high
handed sinners, and their times had cried to God for vengeance.
So God is like, it's time, it's time, it's time
to deal with this. They've gone too far and their
crimes have cried out to God for vengeance. Yet His
mercy had still called them to repentance. If you're living
somewhere right now, and you're and you're hearing it now,
and you're and you're like, there are some people that
you see who are defying God, whether actively and intentionally
with their words or by by doing things in the
in the quote name of God that you know is
against God, and and they still act like it doesn't matter.
They change laws, they do all kinds of things that
are that are, that are weird, that are, and they
say that they're doing it because God would have them
to do that. Mm hmmm. Well, anyway, his mercy still
called them to repentance. But when the men of Amelek
fell upon the wearied and defenseless ranks of God's people,
watch out. When you think you can oppress those who
are weak, watch out, when you think that you can
hold a heavy hand on those who are helpless and needy,
watch out when you go and assault the defenseless. I'm
taking my time here. When they fell upon the defenseless
ranks of God's people, they sealed their nation's doom. Somebody
just heard me. Somebody heard me in the pause. So
we go into the Bible now for a few lessons
with the time that we have left to invest again
unprovoked attacks against God's people or attacks against God himself. Exodus,
chapter seventeen and verse eight reads the then came Amelek
and fought with god people and refidem The Amalakites weren't
responding to a threat. I just read that to you.
They were resisting God's authority and daring him to defend
his people. Their ignorance was a spiritual rebellion. And so
when somebody wrongs you for doing right, the Bible writer
talks about that in a New Testament. He said that
that is acceptable your being. Not because you did something
wrong and you become oppressed or somehow threatened because of it,
that's unacceptable. But if this happens to you unprovoked, Ah,
then yeah, don't respond. In your own strength. I want
you to remember and then pray, Lord, fight for me.
You promised that you would fight my battles. It's not
just a gospel song where people shake up the church
and say fight my battles every day. Fight not that,
but actually go into the the audience chamber of God
and say, God, you promised that you would never leave me.
You wouldn't forsake me. You promised that great is my
reward in heaven for so persecuted they the prophets which
were before me. You said you would fight. You said
that the Angel of the Lord would encamp round about
those who trust you. I'm trusting you now. And then
I wait for him to move, Wait for him to move.
Stand still and see the salvation of the Lord in Exodus,
chapter seventeen and verse eleven. And it came to pass.
When Moses held up his hand, the people of God prevailed.
And when he let this down his hand down, Amelek prevailed.
So God could have wiped Amlek out all by himself
without any of this. I almost said theatrics, but it's
not theatrics. But he chose to involve Moses, He involved Joshua,
He involved Aaron. He involved her victory record wired unity
and partnership with divine strength. Somebody is going to begin
to study this as a pathway to victory in your
spiritual experiences. Somebody's gonna use this as a as a
pathway and a marker for your churches and worship experiences
in your worship centers, on your church boards, on your
conference boards. If you are among those who are in
conferences like you were, going to see this and say, oh,
wait a minute, there was a kind of victory that
only came because the people were unified. So action. It's
time for action. Now ask yourself, what role has God
given me to play in the battle that I'm in?
Then show up for your part, even if it's only
holding up someone else's arms. Number three and final, let's
see if we can get to it. In verse fourteen,
Right this for a memorial in a book and rehearse
it in the ears of Joshua. For I will utterly
put out the remembrance of Amelek from under heaven. This
is the action keep a spiritual record. Jesus said to
do that. He said, write this for a memorial record,
not just in your prayers, but for your victories. God's
acts of justice deserve to be remembered. Some battles leave
a legacy we must never forget who actually fought and
won for us. Well, the lesson from the Amalekites is
don't play around with God's people that ain't gonna work
out for you. Make it a great day.
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,