Morning Manna by Rufus Parker: Morning Manna by Rufus Parker

Thursday, April 4, 2024

Morning Manna by Rufus Parker - 2024 Apr 4

Patience

“He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.” (Proverbs 16:32)

Today’s Morsel: Two of the traits of character that came with the Holy Ghost are that of long-suffering, which is patience, and the 0ther is that of temperance, which is self-control. But what I find is that even though we are told of nine characters that came with the Holy Ghost by Paul, Galatians 5:22-23, we must use them and apply them if they are to grow and help us in life. God gives us everything that we have need of to be successful. But He’s not going to do the job to develop them for us. If you will notice, all the traits began with love. They flow from God who is love. That means that you must have a strong love for God, or else the others will not do you any good. You must have a strong love for truth, live truth, and abide in the truth. Once God’s love starts to flow through you, you will begin to develop your patience by contentment. You start learning how to be satisfied with who you are and what you already have. You start to hold-on in your trials while you wait to see what the outcome will be. Patience is being like Peter, asleep in the jail, knowing that after Easter you may lose your head. Patience is being like Daniel, in a den of lions, knowing that the only one that can keep the lion’s mouths shut is God. Patience is being able to suffer for what you believe in, knowing that all things do work together for good to those who love God. Patience is no more than stepping back and evaluating the situation or circumstance that may be against you and developing a course of action to fix the issue without losing your head and peace. Let me encourage you, hang in there. Jesus has already told you that He will not leave you nor forsake you.

Sing: They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they should run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint. Teach me Lord, teach me Lord, to wait.

Thought For Today: “In your patience possess ye your souls.” (Luke 21:19)

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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.