Morning Manna by Rufus Parker: Morning Manna by Rufus Parker

Friday, December 26, 2025

Morning Manna by Rufus Parker - 2025 December 26

And The Child Grew

“And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.” (Luke 2:40)

Today’s Morsel: We don’t read much in scripture about Jesus’ childhood. Luke seems to be the only writer that even mentions anything about His birth and childhood. Luke tells us that Jesus grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him. Not only was Jesus God, but He was also human. And that humanity was subject to all the temptations and sins as we are. But Jesus increased in knowledge, strength, and character. From His humanity standpoint, He learned wisdom, even though He possessed all wisdom. He found grace in the sight of God, even though He is the One that gives us grace. From just this little bit about Jesus’ infancy, we can learn how we must grow as well. Peter admonishes us, “But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.” (2 Peter 3:18) You can’t stay a child forever. You must become strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. You must grow up and mature as a child of God. Peter said that milk belong to babies, and meat to men (my wording). You must be filled with His wisdom, knowledge, and understanding, if you are going to grow and become like Him.

Sing: To be like Jesus, to be like Jesus; On earth I long to be like Him. All through life’s journey from earth to glory, I only ask to be like Him.

Thought For Today: Growth always begins with submission (Parker)

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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.