Studying this morning's four readings from the St. James Daily Devotional Guide (click to subscribe), I examined myself with these questions. Where is your self-examination leading today?
Psalms 60:1-12. Verses 1-3, what good can God bring for individuals and communities out of all this suffering, disruption, and fear? What is my church’s role? My role?
Jeremiah 49:1-39. Verse 16, what illusions of security, self-sufficiency, and control is God shattering through this pandemic? Did I entertain some of those? What does God want us to put in their place?
I Corinthians 4:14-21. Verse 20, how is this crisis forcing me to walk my talk as a Christian?
Matthew 22:15-22. Were Americans overdue for a rebalance in rendering to God and to Caesar? How may the virus bring that about? My church’s role? My role?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.