Morning Manna by Rufus Parker: Morning Manna by Rufus Parker

Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Morning Manna by Rufus Parker - 2018 July 10

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts”

(Isaiah 55:8-9).

Today’s Morsel: Do you lose hope and trust in God when He doesn’t answer your prayers the way you thought that He should? I think one of the fallacies that we have with prayer is that just because we pray, we think that things are going to turn out "good", meaning our way. This is not always the case. There are consequences for wrong, as we see when the priest found the book of the law and told King Josiah. Josiah requested that the priest go and seek God for an answer to which the Lord told him that He would still bring evil upon the place (see 2 Kings 22:1-20). Josiah is listed as a righteous king, but others wrong, and God said they would still be judged. God’s ways are not our ways nor is His thoughts. I don’t know the way He will use to turn someone’s heart back to Him or remove evil from us. All I know is I must allow His perfect will be done in my request, and I also trust that He knows what is best.

Sing: Jesus be the Lord of all. Jesus be the Lord of all. Jesus be the Lord of all, the kingdoms of my heart.

Thought For Today: He knows what’s best for us.

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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.