Morning Manna by Rufus Parker: 2015 March 6

Friday, March 6, 2015

2015 March 6 - Morning Manna

And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life. For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest. And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.

(Genesis 45:4-8)

Today's Morsel: Would you act differently or serve God with all your heart if you knew that what you were going through was ordained of God? Would you worship and serve God more if He healed you or gave you your request? I don't think that Joseph knew that all the bad things that were taking place and going on in his life were ordained by God at the first. But by all accounts, Joseph still did the right thing even in his suffering and pain. We hear many ministers say that the devil cannot do anything to us without God allowing him to do it. Like Job. If that be the case, then why do so many stop serving Him with all their heart when seemingly bad things happen to them? I'm afraid that some want to be Christians on their terms and not God's. The first church members and apostles suffered for the name of Jesus. Even though Jesus didn't want to drink the cup, He got to the point of 'not my will but Thy will be done'. In other words, if God is ordaining it, let it happen. Joseph told his brethren, "And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity (a future generation) in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God." So the next time you find yourself in a place that you don't want to be, or you are in a suffering that you don't like, ask yourself what God is up to in it. Just make sure, as Peter said, "let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters. Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf" (1 Peter 4:15-16).

Sing: Because He lives, I can face tomorrow, because He lives, all fear is gone, because I know who holds the future, my life is worth the living just because He lives.

Thought for Today: Every obstacle can be overcome. You just have to have the faith to believe that you can.(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.