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 148:1-14. What if I went on a tear today, like the psalmist here, praising God for everything I see or think of? How might my experience change if I do this?
Numbers 14:1-45. God sentences the unfaithful Israelites to 40 years in the wilderness. When have I brought hard times upon myself by letting fear and doubt distract me from God’s promises? Present application?
Acts 11:19-30. Verse 26, the first to be called Christians. To whom can I bring encouragement and hope one day soon by telling them that I am a Christian and why?
Mark 4:26-34. Related, would I be less hesitant about sharing my faith if I approached it as giving that person not the huge mustard tree, but just the tiny (yet potent) mustard seed?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.