Morning Manna by Rufus Parker: Morning Manna by Rufus Parker

Saturday, May 18, 2024

Morning Manna by Rufus Parker - 2024 May 18

Are You Trying to Figure Out Life?

“Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD. But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.” (Proverbs 8:34-36)

Today’s Morsel: Are you one of those who is trying to figure out life? I mean, are you one of those who questions why bad things seems to happen to good people? Or why the innocent hurt, and the evil seem to be getting away and the righteous suffers? Or why so many who are supposed to be Christians have lost their moral compass? Listen, you are not going to be able to figure life out when it comes to these things. Paul tells us, “O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!” (Romans 11:33) God even says in His word that He’s made the wicked for the day of evil. “The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.” (Proverbs 16:4). Scripture also says of God’s conversation with Job, “Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.” (Job 38:1-3) As Christians, we are not to try and figure life out. We are to live life, as that is what Jesus gave it to us for. Life must be lived and not seen as burden. If you are one of those who keeps trying to figure life out, you will find yourself like a hamster in a cage and you will soon become tired, depressed, and without hope. But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we will have fellowship one with another and joy will fill our hearts. So don’t sweat the small things, or even the big things!

Sing: Trials dark on every hand and we cannot understand, all the way that God will lead us to that blessed promised land. But He’ll guide us with His eye, and we’ll follow till we die. We will understand it better by and by.

By and by, when the morning comes, and all the saints of God are gathering home. We will tell the story how we’ve overcome, and we’ll understand it better by and by.

Thought For Today: “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.” (James 1:5)

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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.