Proverbs 31:30
Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a
woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.
Philippians
2:14-16
Do everything without complaining or arguing, so
that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a
crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe
as you hold out the word of life -- in order that I may boast on the day of
Christ that I did not run or labor for nothing.
John 15:13
Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down
his life for his friends.
Our Daily Bread ~ The Crash May 28, 2014
The
Crash May 28, 2014
The Crash
By Randy Kilgore
He will bring me forth to the light; I will see His righteousness.
—Micah 7:9
Bible
in a Year:
2
Chronicles 4-6; John 10:24-42
For
years after the Great Depression, the stock market struggled to win back
investors’ confidence. Then, in 1952, Harry Markowitz suggested that investors
spread their stock holdings over several companies and industries. He developed
a theory for portfolio selection that helped investors in uncertain times. In
1990, Markowitz and two others won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic
Sciences for their theory.
Like
those jittery investors, we followers of Jesus may also find ourselves frozen
in fear after a “crash” in our personal lives, unsure how to pick up the pieces
and move on. We might even spend our remaining lives waiting for a “Markowitz
moment,” when one big idea or action can help us recover from a previous
failure.
We
forget that Jesus has already done that on our behalf. He covered our shame,
and He set us free to fellowship with God and serve Him daily. Because He gave
His life, and rose from the dead, when we “fall,” we can “arise” with Him, for
“He delights in mercy” (Micah 7:8,18).
The
moment we find Jesus, our eternity with Him begins. He walks alongside us so He
can change us into the people we long to be and were created to be.
Father, my actions aren’t adequate to fix
my
failures. Thank You for doing that through
Your Son Jesus who gave Himself for us.
Help me to look up and walk with You.
Look up from
your failure, and you’ll find God standing ready to receive you.
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