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. It's
May twenty six, 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,
and our caption for today is hope amid turmoil. Hope
amid turmoil. We'll get into that in just a moment,
but first I'd like to say welcome to you and
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continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead and
pray and then we will get underway. Father, we thank
you for this day and for getting us into day
two of our work week. Thank you for loving us
enough to give us something meaningful to do. We're listening
to your word, we're studying together, and now we can
go out and do something meaningful to assist somebody who
needs something from you. Father, Please help us to have
hope a mid turmoil. In Jesus's name, I pray, Amen
and Amen again. I just need you to answer honestly,
and I don't want anybody to tide anyone for their
honest answers. But do you have hope during times of turmoil?
Speaker 1: Do you? Do?
Speaker 2: You go ahead and type in the chat yes or
no when you are going through turmoil? And that's a
big word. I don't want to understate that word, like
when you are going through turmoil? Are you hopeful? How
are you hopeful? I'm going to go to our life
application guide. This is going to be page one hundred
and fifty six and we're going to go to the
professional application and use the win win acronym. What is
important now, Yes, I'm jumping in with two feet. We'll
come back to the scriptures in just a moment. What
is important now when you're at work? What is important
when you are doing business? What is important even in
uncertain economies right now? You have to attest that the
economies are weird right now around the world or broken systems,
your work can still glorify God. And let me just
say it should, it must, it can, it will, it
must still glorify God. Don't be defined about what is
falling apart, stand out about how you remain grounded in God. Okay,
so that's what's important. Now. Focus your attention there, not
with where there are. Some of my people are in
the United States of America. Of course I'm here in Jamaica, Land.
We love. Our challenges are different. But the United States
government jobs have been have been under attack, really and truly,
like so many people have lost their employment just in
the government sector alone. So the focus is not there,
even though it's easy for me to say, right, it's
easy for me to say, but stay ground like that
is your calling card for now. I wish I had
the time to really really drill that, but internalize the insight.
Are you reacting like everyone else when you are in
your workplace, or you are experiencing these challenges when whose
piece is anchored in eternity. Let your consistency be a
testimony of hope. And then the next best move is
offer encouragement to someone that's discouraged at work. For example,
share Psalm chapter forty six and verse one. We talked
about that one yesterday with a colleague, and let that
person know that you're praying. You're praying they feel God's
strength in the middle of this turmoil or uncertainty. Now
we jump in and say this, I've been waiting to
say it. I wrote it in read letters in my
lesson nobody, I mean nobody can remove God from his throne.
Maybe I should have said that in the beginning, nobody
and I mean nobody can remove God from his throne.
In fact, the Bible says here in Ezekiel chapter one
and verse twenty six, above the firmament was the likeness
of the throne. So do you see that above chaos?
Do you see that above the new cycle that's not
going so well? Above the politics and politics above disasters
that we can we can pause and say that God's
throne has not moved, that God himself has not moved,
that he is above the firmament, He's above the heavens.
He is, he is on the universe's throne. And that
means that nobody, even the nations that are raging, even
the kingdoms that are moving. According to Psalm chapter forty six,
verses six and seven, he has uttered his voice, the
earth melted. The God of Jacob is our what safety.
He's our resting place. He is our refuge. The nations
are in uproar, the kingdoms are overthrown. God speaks, the
earth melts. The lord who commands armies is on our side.
And so we keep our focus, knowing and trusting that
God is unshakable. His throne will remain where it is,
and he is all powerful. Blessed be his name. And
at the appropriate time, while the earth is shaking, while
things are not going the way that we had hoped
or anticipated, at the appropriate time, he is going to
make all things new. Now we can be It's our
privilege to be, and I'm encouraging us to be loyal
to the kingdom that will not fall people are loyal
to all kind of goofy stuff out here, loyal to
relationships that are not mutual, loyal to business operations that
are failing, loyal to politrical I just made that word up.
Politrical politrical games that people play when they are not
for the people, of the people and by the people.
So people are loyal to that. Why not be loyal
to God. Remind yourself every single day that your citizenship
is in the presence of God in heaven for that
thousand years after Jesus returns, and then in the earth
made new. Your citizenship is in the Kingdom of God.
In fact, the Bible says in Philippians chapter three, verse twenty,
for your conversation, that is your activity, how you live,
Your conversation is in heaven. From whence also we look
for the Savior, it says in the New English translation.
But your citizenship is in heaven, and we also await
a savior from there, the law Lord Jesus Christ. Now
we go to Daniel chapter seven and verse seventeen. I
know it's like what you're going right there? Yuh. These
great beasts are four kings. We've seen them come and go,
stand up and sit down four kings which shall arise
out of the earth. We have seen them come and
go in Daniel chapter eleven. We've seen thrones and kings
and kingdoms up and down, coming and going. Daniel chapter
two representative of world empires, coming and going, standing up,
sitting down, until the day that the Bible says that
Micha Yel Jesus Christ himself will stand up, and he
will not sit down again until he sits on the throne. Ha,
the one that was vacated by by Zedekiah. And you're
like vacated? Really, is that how you want to characterize it. Well,
he's no longer there. Ha, the son of David, Jesus
Christ will ascend the throne. Finally, the universe is throne
and be crowned king of kings and Lord of lords
in an new way that we have yet to see.
I'm looking forward to the day. But every earthly power,
every king that God has set up, and every king
that He has brought down, every one of those kingdoms
is temporary. But God's Kingdom lasts forever and ever and ever.
There is so much more that I would like to say,
but let me just say in Jeremiah chapter four, verses
twenty six through twenty three to twenty six. We see
that at some point the earth will be void and
formless again, but that is just a setup. It is
a setup for the new creation that God promised in
Matthew chapter five, that the meek will inherit that new creation,
the new Earth. Make it a great day, peace.
Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us listening.
Speaker 2: Friends.
Speaker 1: 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.