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, August
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 through the Book of Exodus, and our
caption for today is God's Original Plan. God's Original Plan.
Will get into that in just a moment, but first
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we will get underway. Father in Heaven, thank you for
giving us this new day. Thank you for giving us
the privilege to be wherever we are in the world.
And yet at the same time, converge upon the truths
of your word. Teach us all to surrender our will.
In the same moment, here in Jesus' name, I pray,
Amen and Amen again. God's original plan? What is God's
original plan for you? I said for you, not for
the people of Israel, not for the people of Egypt,
not for the people way back thousands of years. I'm
saying for you, what is God's original plan? Well, I
know that God's intent was for all of us to
live eternally. He wanted Adam and Eve to succeed at
that tree of the knowledge of good and evil test
and then we move into eternity, where they would have
no longer conditional immortality, but they would have been stuck
as holy as they were when they created, when God
created them. That was God's original plan. But of course
humans messed it up, and now we are on the
plan that leads us back to that place, the plan
of salvation. And so the lesson writer wants us to
consider from the Book of Exodus, chapter twenty three, verses
twenty to thirty three, what methods did God desire to
use for conning the promised land? Very interesting, very interesting.
And then the question, well, the statement it was not
God's intention for God's people to fight for their new territory.
Did you notice that it was not his intention for
the people of God to fight for their new territory.
It was to be given to them. It had been promised.
God made the promise to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and
it should have been received as God's gift to his people.
And so later on in the story, of course, we're
fast forwarding when the spies were sent to see what's
going on in the land, and most of the spies said,
there are giants over there. We in our own eyes
are like grasshoppers, and they're giants. And there were only
two how many people? Two people who had the perspective
of God based on this covenantal promise that God made
to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, that God can give and
will give this land to us because God made the promise.
It had nothing to do with their ability to war
or to fight, to scheme or to connive. It had
nothing to do with their skills. It had everything to
do with their submission. So God's plan is to give
us all that he has promised, and we simply surrender
our will in order to receive it. Okay. And so
really let's go with our first historical context. This section
comes after God's law the Covenant is delivered at Mount Sinai.
God's people is still encamped there, and now God lays
out how he will bring them into the promised land,
not by human conquest, but by divine intervention and conditional obedience. Okay.
And so God's victory was not based on his people's might.
The conquest of Canaan was to be a testimony of
God's divine justice. God's people didn't earn. I think somebody's
getting it the land by merit or by strength. According
to Deuteronomy chapter four versus I mean Deuteronomy chapter nine,
verses four through six. It was a fulfillment of his
covenant with Abraham. How are you saved, brothers and sisters,
How are we saved? I'm talking about the plan of salvation.
The Bible teaches us that we are saved by grace
through faith, and not of works right, not of our
own works, not of ourselves. It is the gift of God,
lest any one of us should should boast. And so
in the same way, when we yield ourselves to God,
surrender our wills to God, we receive the inheritance. It's
very simple. We receive the inheritance. It's not that we earn,
it's not that we work harder, It's that we yield
to God's will. And having yielded to his will, we
are now empowered to do exactly what he said. Yes,
it's simple as that. Now, in an everyday application sense,
we see that God still leads his people today into
spiritual territories he has prepared, whether ministries, relationships, or callings.
What was God's original plan as you live on planet
Earth and are you fulfilling it today? I'm talking about
even in your relationships. I'm talking about in your professional life.
I'm talking about in your personal development. Are you aware
of who you are? And if you are, are you
maturing so that you become the best, the better version
of who God created you to be? Every single day
you're growing good, better, best. Never let it rest until
the good is better and the better better. Every single
day we're climbing. We're climbing, but the victory it comes
by trust and obedience, not by striving in human strength.
Before rushing on to conquer, I know that there are
a subset of people who love to dominate and conquer,
and maybe that is good in certain circumstances. But in
this case, before we rush out to conquer, we pause
and ask, is God leading this or is it me?
Am I obeying the instructions that God has given me.
So let God go before you, let him lead you. Behold,
the Bible says I send an angel before the number two.
Don't make peace ha with sin. God told his people
not to make covenant with the nations surrounding as they
were on their way through to the promise in verse
thirty two. Spiritually this still applies. We cannot partner with practices, habits,
or alliances that draw us away from God. There are
opportunities that will be presented to us all throughout our
lives where we can make alliances with people who have
no intention of serving God. They have no intention of
serving God. Their goal has nothing to do with God's will.
So we need to cut ties with anything that invites
compromise right now. As I said, creeping compromise is almost
a thing of the past. Now we're just it's emboldened
like quick compromise. Whether it's in our entertainment, it's in
our business decisions, or in our habits. There must not
be any quote peace treaty with sin. And then, of course,
finally we'll pause right here. Victory comes little by little.
God may not give us an instant breakthrough. You may
have to wander through the wilderness. But if God is
leading you by day, he's leading you by night. We're
still in the right place. So some battles they take
time on purpose. We're still growing into the victories. God
has already seen and prepared for us, and so we
trust the process. We trust the God of the process.
Be faithful in the small steps. Et always says, small
steps great distances. Growth and dominion are progressive. Yeah, walk
in to God's original plan for you. Pet.
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,