THE CRASH

THE CRASH

READ:

Micah 7:8-9, 18-20

He will bring me forth to

the light; I will see His

righteousness. -Micah 7:9

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. –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.

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Look up from your failure,

And you’ll find God standing ready to receive you.

INSIGHT

Today’s reading contains a song of victory.  Israel, who has been judged for a cold heart and acts of disobedience, will one day respond gladly with obedience to God.  The nation will find light in the Lord’s presence.  Interestingly, the passage shares a similar spirit to Moses’ Song of the Sea:  “Who is like You, O LORD, among the gods?  Who is like You, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?” (Exodus 15:11).

Micah underscores that God detests those leaders who unscrupulously use their position of power to fleece the helpless and to corrupt courts of justice.  But the message of hope is clear to all who repent with heartfelt sincerity and wish to return to a place of genuine obedience.

Have a blessed day.

God Our Creator’s Love Always

Unity & Peace