Morning Manna by Rufus Parker: Morning Manna by Rufus Parker

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Morning Manna by Rufus Parker - 2025 March 18

Developing Obedience

“My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.” (Proverbs 7:1-3)

Today’s Morsel: When I was a kid, I oftentimes got punished because I did what others did, not what my mother told me to do. When I tried to tell her that others had done the same thing, she would tell me, “I don’t care what others do. You belong to me, and I told you what to do.” She was teaching me the value of developing obedience in my life. Paul told the church at Ephesus that the first commandment that God gave with a promise was that of children obeying their parents in the Lord (Ephesians 6:1-2). Somewhere in this journey of salvation, if we desire to live and to see Christ, then we are going to have to kill disobedience in our lives and start developing obedience. Paul told the church at Corinth that they must having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled. (2 Corinthians 10:6) In today’s passage of scriptures, Solomon refreshes his sons mind as to what God had spoken through Moses to the children of Israel for them to do and to obey. He states: “My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.” He is fulfilling what Moses had said of the importance of teaching the law and commandments to their children. If you want your children to develop obedience in their lives, then you must live out the law and commandments before them and teach them knowledge and understanding.

Sing: I have found the way that leads to endless day, yonder in the glory land; And the road is bright for Jesus is the Light, and I hold His guiding hand.

I have found the way, I have found the way, oh glory, hallelujah, I have found the way.

Thought For Today: “And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart” (Deuteronomy 6:6)

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About Morning Manna

And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God. And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host. And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground. And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat (Exodus 16:10-15).

“Morning Manna” is a short daily devotion which began in 2002, with just a short note of encouragement to a friend who was facing difficulties at the time. Through their response, I was encouraged to begin a daily devotion via email and send it to people who asked to be put on the distribution list. It is now reaching around the globe. Its birth came about during Morning Prayer. The Lord revealed to me that I should forward my friend a word of encouragement, since it is through patience and comfort of the scripture that we find hope. Thus, I forwarded him the words the Lord had given to me for him, and he forwarded it on to someone else who was having difficulties in their life as well, and thus the original list began.

The goal of “Morning Manna” is to provide people with a quick, thought provoking Word from the Lord, as well as provide encouragement from His Word that can help them through the day and during unexpected trails and circumstances in their daily lives.

Several years ago, Jesus moved on my heart to start writing daily devotions; thus began “Morning Manna”. Today, many people are receiving these daily devotions and many of these people are forwarding it on to their family and friends. It is my hope to encourage even more through posting the devotions to this blog-page.

I pray that you, too, will enjoy reading the manna from this site.