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.
Speaker 2: Vibrant lives.
Speaker 1: Welcome to Your Daily Portion with your host, author speaker,
Elle David Harris.
Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning, good morning. It is Tuesday. It's
the twenty fourth day of June in 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 bel
Shazar's Feast Bells Feast. We'll get into that in just
a moment, but first I'd like to say welcome to
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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, We thank you for
this day and the opportunity to come together and not
just look at history, which is important, but to see
where do we fall in this situation? How do we
learn from the mistakes of the past and the triumphs
in history. Please help us to be faithful in Jesus' name,
I pray Amen men again. So I remember a quote
that said something like this, we have no fear for
the future except we forget how God has brought us
or led us in the past. We have no fear
for the future except we forget how God has led
us in the past. Now, the beauty about that one
is in the story of Bell Shazar. I always get
it mixed up. I don't want to use Daniel's Babylonian
name bel To Shazar. But in the story of Bell Shazar,
really he could have learned from history. He could have
learned from history what it is like to serve God
versus what it's like not to serve God. And it's
simple because I'm talking about in his own bloodline. He
could have seen what the difference was. Okay, and so
let me go into into the lesson study, and it
reads perhaps the saddest, most tragic part of the account
found in Daniel chapter five. No, the most tragic part
of this account in Daniel chapter five is in verse
twenty two. After recounting to the king the downfall and
restoration of Nebukad Nezzer, Daniel says to Belle Shazar, but you,
his son bel Shazar, have not humbled your heart although
you knew all of this. Let me continue. That is,
though he had the opportunity to know the truth. This
is the question. This is the million dollar question. Do
you have the opportunity to know the truth? I did
not ask you if you know the truth? You know,
sometimes people say we're not responsible. So let me say
it this way. Sometimes people say that we're responsible for
what we know. That is not true. We are, but
that's not what you really think. It means we are
responsible for what we have. The opportunity to know. You know,
there are some people who close their ears and are
willingly ignorant when the truth is right there. They will
not investigate, they will not explore, they will not humble
themselves and say, God, what is in this for me?
And so they figure that ignorance is bliss. Spiritually speaking too, no, no, no, no,
here what the Bible writer says, the prophet says, But you,
his son, Belshazar, have not humbled your heart, although you
knew all of this. That is, though he had the
opportunity to know the truth, though he might have even
witnessed first hand what happened to Nebuchadnezzer, he chose to
ignore these events and instead embark on the same course
that brought his predecessor so much trouble. As Nebuchadnezzar had done.
By erecting the Golden statue, Belshazzar was openly defying what
Daniel's God predicted. By using the temple vessels to profane
in a profane manner, he was likely underscoring the fact
that Babylon had conquered the people of God and now
possessed their God's religious articles. In other words, they still
had supremacy over this God who had predicted their demise. Well, yeah,
when you have an opportunity, I want you to read
through Daniel chapter five, the entire chapter and see how
that went. Okay, and so let's get some lessons. We
started with some lessons, but let's continue in Daniel chapter
five and verse twenty two. Let me read it again,
and thou his son all Belshazar has not humbled thine heart.
Now that's the big one. See, when God gives us
the opportunity to see what happened in the past, he
gives us the opportunity to see what our future would
be like if we serve him versus if we turn
away from him, if we choose to be good stewards
over the resources that He has given us, or not.
If we see in our bloodline three generations of people
who broke covenant with God in this way. When we
have children, we have to say, God, how in the
world are you going to preserve my children? Because you
said that if we are faithful, if we keep covenant
with you, then you'll show mercy to thousands who love
you and keep your commandments. So please, would you do
that for me? Would you protect my daughters. Would you
protect my sons, Would you protect the people that I
am taking into my care in my home, because the
generations before me made so many errors, and it's in
my blood protect these children from those errors. Okay, And
so like Belshazar, many at the end will reject truth
not because of ignorance, meaning not because they didn't know,
not because they did not have access to the truth
and history and know exactly how this thing panned out,
but because of WillFull rebellion. That must not be you.
If you're listening to me right now, if you're listening
almost eight minutes into our broadcast, that must not be you.
You must not rebel hel you must not act like
whatever happened in the past does not apply to you, unless,
of course, you choose another pathway, a pathway to spiritual
success listening to what God has said. And so the
action for me and for you is to respond humbly
to every conviction that God sends, every message that God
sends your way. Ask him, God, what do you want
me to do? How would you have me to live?
Because really, delayed obedience is disobedience. Delay increases danger, danger, danger. Yes,
and I know it sounds foreboding. Well, that's because it
is okay. So let's not become comfortable. Brothers and sisters,
especially those who speak Christianese language, those who are likely
going to church on Sabbath. Yes, m M, this is
what I want you to do, not just observe history
and say, yep, I see what happened. I'm gonna avoid
that and then move on with your life. The Bible
says in James chapter four and verse seventeen, Therefore to
him that knoweth to do good and do with it,
not to him it is sin okay, And so information
is not transformation. Knowing it is not enough. I think
when I was young, there was a like a I
don't know how you say it, but it was like
it was a cartoon, and I remember, knowing is half
the battle, and then they would run the song Gi
Joe the greatest American hero. Remember that Gi Joe was there.
So knowing is half the battle. I agree, half the battle.
But surrender is the complete battle. And to continue to
surrender is victory for people who hear what God is saying.
Like Belshazzar, many know the truth, but resist surrender. Don't
resist surrender, actually surrender, So apply everything that God has
revealed to you, ask him how to use whatever He
gives you the opportunity to know, and you will have
the entire battle. Surrender to God, 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,