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.
Look up from your failure, and you’ll find God standing ready to receive you. (RBC)
