Morning Manna by Rufus Parker: Morning Manna by Rufus Parker

Thursday, April 3, 2025

Morning Manna by Rufus Parker - 2025 April 3

What Are You Wearing?

“Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.” (Colossians 3:12-14)

Today’s Morsel: I’m afraid that too many Christians want to be adorned like the world, instead of being adorned like Christ. I often wonder if this is why so many Christians are struggling and losing the battle in this spiritual warfare. Your dress and appearance do cause you to feel good about who you are, whether you think so or not. No, we are not fighting against flesh and blood. Our warfare is with the prince and ruler of darkness. This is a spiritual battle we are fighting, and it is for your soul. This is why you must be clothed correctly. One of the problems I see in the churches is we focus of the armor of God, but not on the character of God. Character is who you are. It is those things inside of you such as your personality and attitude that attracts others to you. What I learned in my 28 plus years of military service is you can have all the best and greatest equipment in the world for your protection, but if you do not have character of heart as to who you are and what you must be when you put it on, it doesn’t do you much good. What you wear ought to reveal that you are rooted and grounded in God and in His word. Paul said that as the elect holy and beloved, or those who have been chosen by God, must put on compassion, kindness, humility, patience, forgiveness, and love. These traits are who you are and must be within you, while the armor of God must be worn and seen without. Just what are you wearing? What do you have inside of you? Does your inward character support your outward armor? Are you battle ready?

Sing: Put on the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, lift-up your voice to God. Pray in the spirit, and with understanding, oh magnify the Lord.

Thought For Today: Dress for success!

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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.