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 34:1-22. Verse 8, was there a time when I really thought selfishness and sin tasted better than God and his goodness? What changed? Was the change irreversible?
II Kings 21:1-26. The bad reigns of Hezekiah’s son and grandson. May the UK’s royal succession go better. Theologically, what’s the problem with hereditary monarchy?
Job 13:1-28. Verse 15, if God requires, Job will surrender his life—but not his dignity. What do I consider worth dying for, even, if need be, this very day?
Luke 6:43-49. Is my way of life yesterday, today, and tomorrow, built on rock or sand, on real service to Jesus or mere lipservice to him?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.