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 69:1-36. Verses 19-21, what’s the closest I have ever come to the sense of desertion and despair that weighed on Jesus as he approached the cross? How did God show up? Present application?
Zechariah 11:1-17. Verses 12 and 13, thirty pieces of silver. How does the worldly mind these days put a “for sale” sign on human beings, God’s image? What is my church doing about it? My role?
Luke 20:9-19. If Jesus could be silenced and got rid of, what would Satan then do with you and me, God’s vineyard? Why won’t that plot succeed? With the crisis soon upon us, what part must I play?
Matthew 26:1-16. Opposites among Jesus’ intimates: the adoring woman and the false friend. What small choices will I make today that align me with one or the other?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.