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 142:1-7. Verses 3-5 KJV, in my life or in our world, what feels overwhelming right now? What is God’s answer to that?
II Kings 10:1-36. Extermination of all Ahab’s descendants and all Baal’s followers. Does my church take seriously God’s righteous anger?
Job 5:1-16. Verses 6 and 7, does my church take seriously the fallenness of the human condition?
Luke 4:23-37. Verse 24, how did Americans, once so faithful to Jesus, come to devalue or ignore him so widely? What would a Jesus remedy for our country’s troubles look like, taking hold gradually in coming months and years?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.