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 16:1-11. Verses 10 and 11, what “spiritual muscle” must I constantly exercise to keep firmly believing in heaven and life when hell and death seem to have won, as on this dark day when Jesus lay in the tomb?
Ezekiel 1:1-28. Verses 26-28, related question, what preparation of heart and mind did Ezekiel undergo that equipped him to approach God’s throne? How does Jesus’ victory on the cross open that door to me?
Matthew 27:62-66. Why does Christ’s resurrection so terrify and enrage the worldly mind? What is one daily practice I can undertake, to put into every week something of the intensity of Holy Week?
John 19:38-42. Thinking of Nicodemus’ journey from the hesitant seeker of John 3 to the all-in disciple seen here, where am I on that spectrum? What’s the next step Jesus wants me to take soon, post-Easter?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.