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 68:1-35. Verse 11, how can I do more today than I did yesterday to publish God’s word—proclaim it, bear witness to it, make it known?
II Kings 25:1-30. The Jews assassinate one of their own, Gedaliah, for collaborating with the Babylonian occupiers. Do I sometimes act as though power politics can serve God’s purposes?
Job 33:1-33. Verses 23-26, Elihu urges Job to keep seeking a ransom, a rescuer or deliverer. How did my life change when I found Jesus? Is that story now in the past, or ongoing even today? Whom should I tell?
Luke 9:18-27. Verse 23, what is specifically involved in taking up my cross today, willing to lose my life for Jesus’ sake if called upon?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.