Morning Manna by Rufus Parker: Morning Manna by Rufus Parker

Saturday, February 24, 2024

Morning Manna by Rufus Parker - 2024 February 24

The Light That Gets You Out of Darkness

“If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.” (Psalms 139:11-12)

Today’s Morsel: When we are sinners and living in the world, we associate the church as being in darkness. But once we come into a relationship with Jesus Christ, we come to the light, because God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. The psalmist said, the darkness and the light are both alike to Christ. No matter if we are in the church or in the world, God is the same. He's still light. The darkness cannot prevent God from finding you and shining on you. Paul told the church at Corinth: “But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.” (2 Corinthians 4:3-4) Satan’s goal is to blind you. And he’s doing a pretty good job at it with confusing people’s minds, so that they will have a hard time understanding, not only the gospel, but also who they are. But Paul said that the gospel is design to bring you to the light, which is Jesus Christ, so that, “The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,” (Ephesians 1:18-19) No matter how dark your world around you may seem right now, if you seek for Jesus He will be found of you, and you will find yourself standing in the light and not in darkness.

Sing: Send the light the blessed gospel light, let it shine from shore to shore. Send the light, the blessed gospel light, let it shine forever more.

Thought For Today: “For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.” (Psalms 36:9)

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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.