Morning Manna by Rufus Parker: Morning Manna by Rufus Parker

Thursday, July 16, 2020

Morning Manna by Rufus Parker - 16 July 2020

Followership Training

“Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers; Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father; Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God. For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake. And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost: So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia.”

(1 Thessalonians 1:1-7)

Today’s Morsel: One of the things I am starting to realize in the church is we do not need any more leadership training. What we need is followership training. We need to teach people how to be followers of Christ. Paul told the church at Corinth: “Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.” (1 Corinthians 11:1) In other words, Paul is saying, I make Christ my example. He is my model in all things; and if you follow Him, and follow me as far as I follow Him, you should not err nor stray. Jesus is the only safe example; and if we follow Him, we will remain in the straight and narrow. “I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life” Jesus said, (John 8:12). You know there are all kinds of taters. There are Whitetators, Sweetators, Mashtators, Agitators, and Spectators. But Paul wants us to be Imitators. Not only of him but most importantly of Christ. And to do that, the church must become trainers of followership. “And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.” (Matthew 10:38) Let's get some training sessions going!

Sing: Where He leads me, I will follow. Where He leads me, I will follow. Where he leads me, I will follow, I’ll go with Him, with Him, all the way.

Thought For Today: Leadership or Followership, which is more important to you? (Parker)

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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.