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 93:1-5. Verses 3 and 4, what worldly threats and troubles seem to roar like a crashing wave right now? How does God overrule and subdue every one of them?
Esther 9:1-32. Purim is instituted to commemorate the Jews getting the better of Haman and his murderous allies. As God’s people, how are we to view the casting of lots, blind chance, good or bad luck?
Revelation 15:1-8. Song of the Lamb’s victory over the beast. Is this victory in the past, the future, or the present. What part do I have in it today?
Matthew 22:15-22. Honestly taking stock of the way I think and live, have I been rendering to Caesar some things that are properly God’s? Action point for today?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.