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Our Daily Bread                                      Wednesday, June 22, 1994

                         STEP ASIDE GRACEFULLY
Read: 2 Kings 2:9-14

In the summer of 1993 the Atlanta Braves baseball team traded some of their
minor league players for the All-Star first baseman of the San Diego Padres,
Fred McGriff. He brought the Braves the firepower they needed to make a
serious run for the pennant.

But what about the man McGriff replaced? Sid Bream, a believer in Christ, was
the Braves regular first baseman. He had helped Atlanta get to the World
Series in 1992, but with McGriff coming he was headed for the bench. "There's
no doubt something like this hurts your pride and your ego," said Bream.
"But the one thing I'm counting on is that there's something better ahead."

When we've done a job well for many years, it can be difficult to step aside
for someone younger or better qualified. Elijah was in that kind of situation.
His ministry was coming to an end. His attitude, however, revealed his trust
in God. He said to Elisha, his successor, "Ask! What may I do for you, before
I am taken away from you?" (2 Ki. 2:9)

Maybe the time has come for you to give up a position you've held for a long
while. It could be at work or even in a ministry at church. Ask God for the
grace to accept His plan for you. And then step aside gracefully. --DCE

                         When God asks you to lay aside
                      Some cherished work you loved to do,
                         Accept His choice of someone else
                      And let Him give new work to you. --Fasick

Bible in one year: 2 Kings 1-3

Thought for the day:

Ther's no limit to the good we can do if we don't care who gets the credit.

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