Morning Manna by Rufus Parker: Morning Manna by Rufus Parker

Tuesday, July 3, 2018

Morning Manna by Rufus Parker - 2018 July 3

“And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man: My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing” (Genesis 27:11-12).

Today’s Morsel: Are you pleased with who you are? Millions of dollars are spent every day by people trying to change themselves. I’m sure you may have heard the saying, “We have met the enemy and it is I”. Are we our own enemy? We can blame the devil for many things, but are we him? Rebekah wanted Jacob to disguise himself as Esau, but Jacob knew that his father would know the difference. And so he told his mother that he would be cursed if he did. Are you disguising yourself trying to deceive your Heavenly Father? Be careful that you don’t bring a curse on you. He knows who you are. He not only knows the color of your hair, He knows the number of hairs on your head. So just be who He created you to be, be yourself.

Sing: I’m Yours, Lord, everything I am; everything I’m not; everything I’ve got. I’m Yours, Lord, try me now and see, see if I can be completely Yours.

Thought For Today: Be yourself.

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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.