Morning Manna by Rufus Parker: 2014 February 1

Saturday, February 1, 2014

2014 February 1 - Morning Manna

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
(Joshua 24:15)

Today's Morsel: Choose twelve men to view one subject, and there will be twelve different perspectives. Two kids can grow up in the same home and be exposed to the same teaching and training yet they will often respond differently. The parents' love or lack of love and their teaching, right or wrong, are not the only determining factor of their destiny. It is based on what each child decides. Decisions, right or wrong, are based on perspectives. And perspective are predicated on many things such as character, values, age, background, training, culture, and morals. All twelve men that Moses chose, by all accounts, saw the same things. The difference was their perspective. Another point we must understand is that when we murmur and complain we often times will not make the right decisions or select the correct course for our lives. Israel had murmured and complained so much on their journey to the Promise Land that their minds were fogged of God's abilities. And so now Joshua, one of the original twelve chosen by Moses, who made the right choice in the beginning, again offered them a chance to decide again. He said, now God is giving you another shot at this thing (my wording). And so he tell them, "But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD." Joshua said, I've made my decision and it's going to be the Lord. And so I say to you today, choose. As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

Sing: I choose to be a Christian, I choose to be like Him, nobody's making me doing it, this is how I choose to live; you decide for you, and I'll decide for me, and since the choice is mine, this is how I'm going be.

So don't look at me with sympathy, and think that I'm being cheated by all those crazy things that you call fun; because one day when you're getting down on the dark side of town, this choice, I made will be lifting me out of here.

Oh I choose to be a Christian, I choose to be like Him...

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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.