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, November
twenty eight, 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 Lessons of Faith from Joshua, and our
caption for today is from Promise to Possession, From Promise
to Possession. Before we get into that, i'd like 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 new day, this opportunity to prepare some more preparation time, Lord,
for the Sabbath hours and for your coming. And I
pray God that you will give us unusual wisdom today.
In Jesus's name, I pray Amen and Amen again. And
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We learn the lesson that we have been studying all
throughout the week. We learn it through music this evening
at seven pm Eastern time. Let's jump right in now.
So God has given us the promise that one day
we will in fact inherit the earth. The Bible says
in Matthew chapter five that the meek will inherit the earth.
So people who are yielding our will to God right
where we are, subduing our power or having our power
to be under control, humbling ourselves before God, we will
inherit the earth. Jesus is coming soon. We don't know
exactly when, but we know it's very soon. And after
we live in heaven for a thousand years, I call
it a vacation. Yes, we live in heaven for a
thousand years, and then God will give us the fullness
of the promise in the earth may new. And so,
of course that journey from Egypt to Canaan is a
microcosm or a symbol of this reality. And so we
begin in Hebrews chapter four and verse one. Because God's
people sometimes are not RESTful. Let me say it another way.
God's people are often restless, worried about all kinds of
things that are not our business. Our business is to
seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness, and
all things needful will be added unto us. But sometimes
we are rest less, unfortunately, And so the Bible reads here,
let us therefore fear lest a promise being left us
of entering into His rest, any of you should seem
to come short of it. AND's like, that's a complicated language.
Let's go into the New English translation where it says,
therefore we must be wary that while the promise of
entering his rest remains Oh, none of you may seem
to have come short of it. There are people who
came short of going into the promise. The first generation,
except for Joshua and Caleb, fell short. They were they
fell short because of unbelief. And so what God is
saying to us is, We've learned all of these these
experiences from those people, ancient people of God, the people
of the first century Church who had their own set
of challenges, the early believers, and others where we can
see the mistakes that they made by not having full faith.
I'm not saying everybody. I'm just saying the ones who
did have challenges, we can learn from those challenges and say, Okay, God,
let me receive the rest that you have given to me.
And so the first lesson is faith moves beyond anticipation
to action. We're not just looking forward to the rest.
We're not just looking forward to the promise. Now, it's
time to act, to surrender our will. That's an action
to do what God has called us to do. That
is an action you understand, and so forth. So God's
people knew the songs and the stories of Canaan, but
only those who stepped into the land experienced its fruit.
Faith that stops at expectation falls woefully short of fulfillment.
And so interestingly, the term the Greek term for rest
here means to settle in. It implies full participation in
what God has promised, not just passive waiting. So when
we are resting, when we are settling in, according to
that word katapo, it means that we will participate fully
in what God has promised and not wait idly by.
And so our action step is don't just celebrate God's promises,
step into them, walk in them. Take one step of
obedience today. I'm talking about radical obedience, as my sister
friend Lisa A. Smith says, take one step of radical
obedience today that turns your faith from theory into testimony.
Our second lesson comes in from the same Bible, Book
of Hebrews, chapter ten and verse thirty six, and the
Bible reads, for ye have need of patience, that after
ye have done the will of God, ye might receive
the promise. So our second lesson is that the promise
is fulfilled through persevering faith. Have you been through trials
this week? I don't need to go into the many
years or deck that you have been going through. Just
this week, have you gone through any trials as of yesterday?
And I know it's early in the morning. Have you
gone through any trial this morning? Is it a carryover
from yesterday, a carryover from last week, carryover from last month,
a carryover from last year, a carryover from decades of
crying to God and saying, are you not listening to me? God? God,
here's your moanings? And God is saying that your faith
must persevere. Your faith must not let go of the
power of God. We must continue to walk with God
no matter what. In fact, Jesus said it in Revelation,
chapter three and verse eleven. Behold, I come quickly hold
that fast which thou hast, or that thou hast, that
no man or woman, as the case may be, may
take your crown. And so and so that word, that
word for endurance or to be steadfast or to per
severe used in that text means it's active, it's hopeful
waiting in the face of trial. It's an active, hopeful
waiting in the face of trial. So we want to
step into that kind of endurance, step into that kind
of perseverance, and refuse to let discouragement make us settle
outside our spiritual inheritance. Do not allow yourself under God,
Do not allow yourself to accept the status quo. Hold
fast to every promise of God. Our final one comes
in from Hebrews chapter eleven and verse sixteen. As we
come to a swift close. But now they desire a
better country, that is and heavenly. Wherefore God is not
a shame to be called their god, for he hath
prepared for them a city. Our final lesson for today
is the heavenly Canaan awaits the faithful, the same God
type in the Chat, saying, God, the same God who
gave God's people a homeland, prepares an eternal one for
his people, a land of peace, a land of abundance,
a land of unbroken fellowship with God and his creatures,
who are now in that holy place of experience. Jesus said,
in my father's house are many mansions, and I will
go to prepare a place for you. And if I
go to prepare a place for you, I will come
again and receive you unto myself. Hold fast until Jesus
comes 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,