Morning Manna by Rufus Parker: Morning Manna by Rufus Parker

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Morning Manna by Rufus Parker - 2016 April 26

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. (Psalms 46:1)

Today’s Morsel: After God had led the children of Israel out of Egypt, He gave them laws, commands, statutes, testimonies, judgments, and fears to live by. One of those laws were the establishment of six cities of refuge. These cities were to be a place that if one killed someone or did something accidentally, they could flee to until they had a fair trial. When the woman caught in adultery was brought before Jesus, what those who were trying to accuse her failed to realize was that they were bringing her to the city of refuge, they were bringing her before the Great Judge of all the earth (John 8). Jesus first put her accusers on trial, and they all realized they had fail and should be punished. Then when they were all gone, Jesus turned to the woman. But now because there were no accusers or witnesses to her crime, the Great Judge, Jesus, let her go free with an admonition, “Go and sin no more.” You can always find a second chance in the city of refuge. God is our refuge and strength, He is a very present help in trouble.

Sing: God is our refuge and strength, our refuge and strength, our refuge in time of trouble. God is our refuge and strength, our refuge in time of trouble. And He will hide me under the rock, under the rock, and He will hide me, under the rock, safe in the time of trouble.

Thought For Today: Abraham looked for a city whose builder and maker was God. What about you?

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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.