Morning Manna by Rufus Parker: Morning Manna by Rufus Parker

Thursday, April 28, 2016

Morning Manna by Rufus Parker - 2016 April 28

And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong. But he passing through the midst of them went his way, And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days. And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power. (Luke 4:28-32)

Today’s Morsel: One of the things I find out about Jesus is that if you don’t want Him, He’s not going to force Himself on you. Like today's passages, so many people have been witness to God’s love, mercy and grace, but also like today’s passage they have rejected them. Solomon said, “He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy” (Proverbs 29:1). When Jesus is continually rejected by a person, pretty soon that person’s life is going to feel the pressures of life and have no one to help. When Jesus came to the earth, He said that part of His mission was, “To preach the gospel to the poor; ........to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord” (Luke 4:18-19). He cut short this scripture and did not conclude with the words, “and the day of vengeance of our God” as was recorded in Isaiah 61:2. This will be implemented when He returns to judge the world. But while He was here on earth, His mission was to reconcile us back to Himself. Believe me, Jesus will walk away if you reject Him. He told the religious leaders, “He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day” (John 12:48). Jesus is no respecter of persons. Welcome Him while He is near.

Sing: Oh my brother are you ready for the call? To crown your Savior, King and Lord of all? The kingdoms of this world, shall soon before Him fall, we shall see the King when He comes.

Thought For Today: Vengeance is mine, saith the Lord, I will repay.

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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.