Morning Manna by Rufus Parker: Morning Manna by Rufus Parker

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Morning Manna by Rufus Parker - 29 October 2019

Get Up

“Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.”
(Micah 7:7-8)

Today’s Morsel: If you have been around the church for any length of time, then you know that your adversary, the devil, likes to kick you when you are down. If you make a mistake, he pounces on you immediately. If you display any kind of depression, stress, or unhappiness, he pounces immediately. His goal is to torment you and to keep you down. And he does a lot of it through those who are uncommitted in the church that refuse to help and comfort you. Our ability to overcome when we are hit is to not stay down. We must get up. Micah states, “Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me. Therefore, I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.” If you will notice, I put verse seven after verse eight. To me, verse eight is telling my enemy not to think he will defeat me. The latter part of verse 8 and verse seven tells him what I plan to do and what will happen. Why stay down when you have a God who is willing to lift you up?

Sing: Get up, get up, get up in Jesus' name. The Lord is calling daily to those that would be saved. Don’t go down defeated, while victory's here to claim. Get up, get up, get up in Jesus' name.

Thought For Today: You can lay on a lie or you can stand on the truth.

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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.