Morning Manna by Rufus Parker: 2012 August 10

Friday, August 10, 2012

2012 August 10 - Morning Manna

I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together. I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed. This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing"(Psalms 34:1-10).

Today's Morsel: It's amazing how much clearer things are when they are magnified with a magnifying glass or when they are seen though a microscope. Some people will magnify their stories and lies in hopes that you believe what they are saying to be true. I'm sure you've heard the story about the fish that got away, or the buck whose antlers were a twelve point rack. The more these stories are told, they are magnified. They are like a snowball rolling down a snow covered hill, they grew bigger and bigger.

The Psalmist calls for us to magnify and exalt the Lord together with him. First of all, we can't make God any bigger than He already is; He already encompasses the entire world. He's omnipresent, omniscience, and omnipotent. The psalmist is saying let's lift up the Lord together with our worship and with our praise so that others may be able to see our God for who He truly is. He is the King of kings and the Lord of lords. We must allow our sacrifices of praise to flow continually from our lips giving thanks unto His name. The more we worship God, the clearer who He is will appears to us. Care to try?

Sing: He's bigger than all my problems, bigger than all my fears, He is bigger than any mountain that I can or cannot see. He's bigger than all my questions, bigger than all my thoughts. Yes, He's bigger than anything that I can or cannot see.

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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.