Morning Manna by Rufus Parker: Morning Manna by Rufus Parker

Saturday, April 22, 2023

Morning Manna by Rufus Parker - 2023 April 22

You’re One in A Million

“And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry; Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.” (1 Timothy 1:12-13)

Today’s Morsel: Just think, out of all the people in the world, God chose you to lead His people, share His truth, maybe saved you from anxiety, depression, stress, drugs, alcohol, an abusive situation, and even death. You, yes, you. Out of all the people in the world, God chose you. You are one in a million that He has made free. Reading Paul’s autobiography, who would have thought God would have saved him? I’m sure most of the people in the church during that time may have been praying for God to take him out. But in a way, God did take him out. He took him out of the world and put him in the church. Isn’t that what the gospel is for? To bring men out of darkness into the marvelous light? Jesus said: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me 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); “For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them...” (Luke 9:56) Paul said that he was thankful that Jesus counted him faithful, putting him into the ministry; who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but that he obtained mercy, because he had done it ignorantly in unbelief. People in the world do the things that they do because they are ignorant of God and His ways. But once they have an understanding, and receive their calling, they too become one in a million that are made free. Are you thankful that you were one in a million? Are you happy for your freedom? I sure am.

Sing: Once like a bird in prison I dwelt, no freedom from my sorrow I felt, but Jesus came and listened to me, and glory to God, He set me free.

He set me free, yes, He set me free. He broke the bars of prison for me, I’m glory bound my Jesus to see. Glory to God, He set me free.

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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.