Hope or Frenzy?

It was a long day at work. It started with a few meetings and ended with... me writing this post. As I watched the stock market today, I couldn't help but wonder what will happen with the future of the economy. At the point where it's at right now, it's difficult to foretell what will happen by year-end. Some say it'll recover, others say it won't. In the beginning of the year, some said it would recuperate by June, others - by July. But some of us know that the end of June and beginning of July proved otherwise. The markets dove hundreds of points into the red, causing an outcry of panic. So maybe the markets were not ready for a recovery? Now, through the week of the 12th, the Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq, and any other fancy acronym out there, was shining green. Reading the news today, guess what I found? Yup, "hope for the economy".

So the moral of my post today is this: have faith in God, not man. From my experience with the market this year, it seems that man really does not know what he is talking about. No matter his title or accomplished college degree. The predictions made are okay if people accept them as mere predictions. But we don't. We listen to "the experts" and expect certain results. When true results arrive, we get disappointed, cry, and kick. Of course, professionals know what they are talking about. They know their stuff. But I also know my stuff: "as for me, I will watch expectantly for the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation, my God will hear me." Micah 7:7 (NASB)

Whether the economy goes up or down, I know not. But I know that I have the Lord with me whichever way it goes.