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 31:1-24. Verse 7, whatever is troubling me at present, God knows every detail of it, all the feelings and all the facts. How can I fail to derive endurance, encouragement, and hope from him today?
Ezekiel 27:1-36. God causes Ezekiel to sing a sort of funeral dirge over Tyre, fabulously wealthy but doomed because she is godless. In following the news, is my eye on shakable or unshakable realities?
I Corinthians 10:23-11:1. Paul’s tactful sensitivity to others’ conscience. What’s the lesson here for me, as I seek to earn the right to be heard with someone who needs Jesus?
John 6:60-71. Do I follow Jesus conditionally or unconditionally, on my terms or on his? In what way can I anticipate being put to the test on this, as the world scene darkens?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.