Morning Manna by Rufus Parker: Morning Manna by Rufus Parker

Monday, January 15, 2024

Morning Manna by Rufus Parker - 2024 January 15

Who Is the Person in The Mirror?

“But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.” (James 1:22-24)

Today’s Morsel: What do you see when you look into the mirror each day? Do you see a person who is loved by God? Or do you see a person filled with anxiety, fear, and worry? Some folks when they look in the mirror and see themselves don’t like what they see. And so they immediately seek for ways to change themselves. They put on makeup, jewelry, wigs, toupees, fake eyelashes, they grow beards, get Botox shots in their face, and God forbid if they see gray in their hair. The hair dye bottle is coming out to wash it away. But that gray represents wisdom if it is found in the ways of the Lord. As Christians, when we look into the mirror, we should see the beauty of the Lord, what He has made and what he is doing in our lives. Remember, beauty is only skin deep. So as Christians you should be more concerned with your character than your outward looks. It has been stated that folks who spend their time and efforts trying to make the flesh look good and not the Spirit, have already lost out with God. The Lord asked, “Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.” (Jeremiah 13:23) If folks were to spend as much time looking into the prefect law of liberty, the word of God, as they do in the natural mirror and trying to make the flesh perfect, they would see just how beautiful they already really are, and they will not need to waste their time and money on falsehood.

Sing: When I look into Your holiness, when I gaze into Your loveliness, and the things that around become shadows in the light of You; When I find the joy of reaching Your heart, when my will becomes enthroned in Your love, and the things that surround become shadows in the light of You.

I worship You; I worship You, the reason I live, is to worship You, You, You; I worship You; I worship You, the reason I live, is to worship You.

Thought For Today: Live your life for God, not this world.

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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.