OUR DAILY BREAD : THE CRASH

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May 28
Wednesday


THE CRASH

READ:
Micah 7:8-9, 18-20
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He will bring me forth
to the light; I will see
His righteousness.
__Micah 7:9
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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 holding 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 "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.

**********************Today's Bible Reading __ Micah 7:8-9,18-20*****************************

8 Do not rejoice over me,
my enemy; when I fall, I
will arise; when I sit in
darkness, the LORD will be
a light to me. 9 I will bear
the indignation of the
LORD, because I have
sinned against Him, until
He pleads my case and
executes justice for me. He
will bring me forth to the
light; I will see His
righteousness....

18 Who is a God like You,
pardoning iniquity and
passing over the
transgression of the
remnant of His heritage?

He does not retain His
anger forever, because He
delights in mercy. 19 He
will again have compassion
on us, and will subdue our
iniquities.

You will cast all our sins
into the depths of the sea.

20 You will give truth to
Jacob and mercy to
Abraham, which You have
sworn to our fathers from
days of old.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>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?" (Ex. 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.


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