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Our Daily Bread - Friday, May 28, 2016
by RBC Ministries

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THE CRASH

READ:
Micah 7:

I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
-Micah 7:9

THE BIBLE IN ONE 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 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 end 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. - Randy Kilgore
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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