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
July fourteen, 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 Moses. We're journeying
from Egypt. I most said, exodus from Egypt all the
way into the Promised Land. Our caption for today again
is a rough start. I know we had that caption already,
but here it is again a rough start. Are you
having a rough start this morning? I hope not, But
if you are, God is available to you.
Speaker 1: So Yeah.
Speaker 2: Before we get into all of that, I'd like to
just say welcome to everyone joining us, especially those joining
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continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray. Father,
we thank you for this day. Thank you for not
leaving us in the roughness of the starts, the beginnings
in our lives, the different different times that if we
were allowing ourselves, we could excuse ourselves. We can blame
whatever's wrong with us on someone else. Father, Please help
not to be bound to the rough starts of life.
In Jesus name, I pray, Amen and Amen again a
rough start? Have you had a rough start? When God
is ready to give you rest? God is ready to
give you rest. See the devil can still see in
the supernatural. He can still see the angels of God
who excel in strength that are being commissioned and commanded
to go here and to go there to do very
special things for people on planet Earth. And when God
is ready to give you rest. The enemy is ready
to oppress you. He's ready to give you more work.
I said, when God is ready to give you more rest,
or give you rest full stop. The devil is waiting.
He's ready to oppress you and give you more work.
And so we thank God. We thank God that he
is more than able to deliver those that take his yoke.
Jesus said, upon upon you, and learn of him. His
yoke is easy, his burden is light, and you will
find rest unto your souls. But again the enemy is there.
She's like, ah, You're not going to get no rest today.
I'm here to burden you. I'm here to burden you.
And of course, when Moses went into Pharaoh and the
people finally believe that he is being commissioned by God,
he and Aaron expectations were surely high. The Lord was
going to deliver the people of God from bondage, finally,
like great, big, collective sigh of relief. But Moses then
he went into the king of Egypt with God's demands.
In that word we use it advisedly, and things became
even worse for the people of God Yep. In the
moment that they were to receive rest, and God laid
down the gauntlet. He said, let my people go, so
they may worship me or give sacrifice or hold feast
in the wilderness and not here. That's when the devil
was like, oh no, no, no, no, no no, and
he put the clamps on. He put the clamps on
God's people. But guess what, God knew exactly what he
was doing. God knew exactly got what he was doing.
And so we're gonna get some lessons here, some lessons
here that we can all apply. Okay, so let's begin
in the Bible book. Let's go with Exodus, chapter five
and verse twenty one. The Lord look upon you and
judge because ye have made our savor to be abhorred
in the eyes of Pharaoh. Let me read it in another translation.
May the Lord look on you and judge because you
made us stink in the opinion of Pharaoh. So God
has sent a deliverer. He's about to let them go
and take the into the promise that he made to
Abraham way back in the day. And the people of
God are saying, they're actually calling upon the name of
God and saying to Moses, you're messing things up, bro.
We need to stay here with Pharaoh because he about
to start squeezing us. How many times has God been
about to deliver you. He's literally in the process of
delivering you from that relationship you should never have had.
And then when something goes wrong, it's just like, oh, well,
if I hadn't said this, then this negative thing wouldn't
have happened. And then you're bound by the relationship, saying
with your workplace, ah, same with different aspects of your mindset,
like anything that is worth having is going to take work.
And in the words of my brother Demia's Purdue of
Purdue Leadership Institute, he said, elevation requires change, That's what
he said. And so when we're about to elevate, God
is changing us. He's trying transforming us. And then he's
transforming our situation. So pain will come, difficulties will come.
But if you're going to elevate, you must change. And
so again, may the Lord look upon look on you
and judge because you have made us stink in the opinion,
what that was God who put you in this position
because He's about to set you free. So remain obedient
even when others misunderstand you. So think of your of
yourself as Moses in this situation, even though those people
that you're working, who's upon whom's who's behalf you're working,
are looking at you sideways because you did exactly what
God said to do, and you are working on their
behalf even when they misunderstand you. Uh, stay obedient to God.
Don't measure God's faithfulness by the first outcome. It's gonna
be a rough start. This is gonna be a bumpy
ride job. Put on your seatbelts, put on your seat
But we're going to get to our destination by God's grace.
And now we go into the Bible Book of First Peter,
chapter four and verse twelve. The Bible reads, think it
not strange concerning fiery trials, which is to try you.
And by the way, don't blame God for those trials.
That's not really what it is. God is working out
as good in your life because he's intentional. He's never changing.
And so don't think it's strange. Moses obeyed God. But
the very what very next thing happened. Pharaoh made the
work harder, resistance increased. That's what happens when we're about
to elevate, when pressure rises after you say yes to God,
do not retreat. Forward, march forward, move forward in all
of the things that God has called you to do,
do not retreat. I think the people of God invest
too much time in retreating. Listen, I'm not taking potshots
at retreat. So do not text me, not email me,
don't put it in the chat, don't put it in
the comments section. I'm not saying we should not retreat.
Jesus did say come aside and rest a while. Yes,
But I'm saying too many times God's people are retreating
when we need to be running and marching forward in
lockstep with God and the people of God that live
like Joshua and Caleb that said, God has said that
this is our land, so we're gonna take it full stop.
Who cares about those giants? Who cares that? In our
own eyes? Really your eyes, because we not thinking like that.
Your eyes. You see yourselves as grasshoppers forward and not backward, forward,
ever backward. Never so recognize it as confirmation that you
are threatening the enemy's system. Now to Exodus chapter five,
verses twenty two and twenty three. Lord, wherefore hast thou
so evil entreated this people? You see Moses is starting
to sort of assume the mindset of the people because
they complain so much, and Moses was yielding to that. Now,
after the backlash, Moses took his frustration strength straight to God.
At least he went to God. At least he went
to God. Is like God, this don't look like what
we planned. I thought that it was supposed to get easier. Ah,
But even he was honest, and God was not offended.
The Lord understands when your faith feels heavy, but don't
bury your discouragement. Bring it to God in prayer. He
knows how to restore your courage.
Speaker 1: Ah.
Speaker 2: So much to say, so little time. It's a rough start.
It's gonna be a bumpy ride, but we're gonna get
there by God's grace. 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,