Morning Manna by Rufus Parker: Morning Manna by Rufus Parker

Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Morning Manna by Rufus Parker - 2025 July 1

Spiritual Knowledge

“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.” (Proverbs 1:7-9)

Today’s Morsel: Knowledge, they say, is power. Throughout scripture, we are admonished to learn and grow in the things and ways of God. So many seem to be suffering because they have not the knowledge of Christ. As a matter of fact, scripture tells us that God said, “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.” (Hosea 4:6) Spiritual knowledge is designed to help us make right choices and right decisions. We can’t walk around and bury our heads as an ostrich in the sand. We must know if we are going to be able to navigate through this life. The world is a mind field with many snares and traps to destroy us. And we are going to need the knowledge of God to be able to identify them, step correctly, and get through it. Notice what Solomon says, the fear, or the respect for God and His ways, starts our knowledge. We must learn at the onset whose we are and who is over us. If we reject God, we are not only rejecting knowledge, but we are also rejecting wisdom, love, life, and salvation for our soul. God wants us to be knowledgeable of Him, so that we can live and not die and have an abundant life with peace, contentment, and satisfaction. We must daily spend some time looking into and studying the word of God. The mind is the controlling station of the body, and it is a terrible thing to waste.

Sing: Jesus at the center of it all, Jesus at the center of it all, from beginning to the end, it will always be, it’s always been You Jesus.

Thought For Today: “Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.” (Proverbs 19:2)

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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.