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 seven,
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 under the caption
the Danger of a late Confession, The Danger of a
late Confession. Before we get into that, I'd like to
say welcome to you in a happy preparation day. Thank
you for joining us. Please go over to your Daily
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the Your Daily Portion Life Application Guide. This is going
to help you to apply the truths that we study
from God's Word in four key developmental areas. And also
also if the Lord spear's life, I need you to
come through this evening, this evening at seven pm for
our worship experience that comes through learning the Bible through music.
At seven pm Jamaica time. I guess the time with
us and with the east of the United States is
the same which many of you are coming from. I
know many are on the continent of Africa and of
course in different parts of Asia and other parts of
the world in Europe, but I know that there is
a lion's share of us on the same time zone.
Now seven pm. If the Lord spaars life and yeah,
let's go ahead and pray. Father, we thank you for
this day of preparation, help us to keep our accounts
clear with you. In Jesus's name, I pray Amen and
Amen again. Yeah, there is danger, there's danger in confessing late.
Let's just start there. So I'm going to read from
the book Patriarchs and Prophets, page beginning at page four
hundred and ninety six, and it reads the deadly sin
that led to Aiken's ruin had its root in coveteousness,
for of all sins, one of the most common and
the most lightly regarded. Yeah, social media is rife with
that coveteous spirit, which is why some people all they
do is post content of the stuff that they have
because they want to inspire people to end to envy
or they want to brag themselves. And really, yeah, coveteousness
comes as a result of not being happy that God
is making provision for me as me, I sometimes may
God forbid look and see what He's doing for you,
and desire what He's doing for you instead of what
he's doing for me. You see, it's not a thing
like if we do what God says that we have
to become complacent. That is not it that we should
be satisfied with the status quo. No, that is not it.
We must be satisfied with whatever God does or gives
to us, does for us to us, or provides for us.
Not to be thinking about what He's doing for others. Okay,
and so we begin. We begin with that concept of
late confession from a text that I have quoted multiple times. Now,
let's read it from the Bible in Proverbs, chapter twenty
eight and verse thirteen. That's the Bible Book of Proverbs,
chapter twenty eight. And I will read at verse thirteen,
and the Bible reads, he that covers his sins shall
not prosper. Let me read it in another translation. The
one who covers his transgressions will not prosper, But whoever
confesses them and forsakes them will have mercy. Can we
just begin with confession is agreement with God. That's the
basic guideline. Where we confess our sins, we are agreeing
with God. Which you say, what your perspective on the
thing is, what you have given is the truth God,
and I agree with you. That's only half of the discussion.
But the Bible says whoever confesses and forsakes them shall
have mercy. So forsaking the sin is a gift from God,
having godly sorrow for sin, as the Bible writer Paul
would have pointed out, having godly sorrow for sin and
then turning the shoulder, making a right about turn, turning
our backs to our sin and our faces toward God,
those individuals will have mercy. So agree with God, yes,
and also turn away from sin by His grace face
toward Godliness. That individual will find mercy. But whoever covers
our transgressions God forbid, will not prosper. I don't care
what in the world you do to attempt to prosper,
And even if it looks like you're prospering, it has
a limit on it. Our first lesson is delayed confession
is not true to confession or repentance. See Achin's downfall
wasn't only that he sinned, which all have sinned and
comes short of the glory of God. It was that
he delayed confess confessing until he was forced. I talked
about it the other day. Was like down through multiple
different layers to get down to him, and now he's
flushed out into the open. That was so unnecessary. He
really literally could have just confessed his sin and it
would have been all over if he turned from his
wicked ways. His silence revealed that fear and not sorrow
motivated his words when he started to tell the truth
about what he did. God desires repentance that springs from conviction,
not cohersion. Achin's story warns us that waiting too long
to admit our wrongs can harden our hearts to the
point of no return, and so the action step The
action step, as I said in my prayer, is for
us to keep our accounts right with you with God.
I thought I was praying, my bad keep our accounts
up to date with God. Don't wait until circumstances pose
your sin. Bring it to God willingly, while his mercy
still calls confession delayed is grace denied? Oh Lord, Oh Lord,
for that delayed obedience, that is really disobedience. And I
remember reading of David King, David's story of I guess
it was about a year that he held on to
that murder, that conspiracy, that that lust, and all the
rest that he did concerning Bethsheba and her poor husband
e're Yah the Hittite. He held onto those things until
it consumed as he set his bones, for about a year.
And then finally he went to God because the prophet
was God was so kind to give him the prophet,
to show him his error, the error of his ways,
to confront him with that and now and now of
course he he's like, God, if you do this special thing,
like you deliver me, like you give me your holy spirit,
I will then teach transgressors your way. Well, that was
not Aikin's attitude. In fact, his sin began with desire
and longing for what God had forbidden. Covideousness still drives
people to betray trust, compromise integrity, and trade peace for possessions. Lord.
In a world consumed by consumerism, coveteousness often hides behind
the guise of wanting more, and yet Scripture calls it
idolatry because it replaces trust in God with love for things.
Thou shalt not covet your neighbors anything, according to Exodus,
chapter twenty and verse seventeen. And so the action step
is before every purchase or pursuit, ask this question. Be
honest with yourself. It's nobody's business. Is this a need
or am I feeding discontent? Is it a need? Or
am I feeding discontent? Gratitude guards the heart where greed grows.
Gratitude guards the heart where greed grows. Hmm, yeah, well,
confession our final final lesson. Confession restores our witness as
being the children of God in good standing with him.
Make it a great day, 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,