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 47:1-9. What fills me with such intense feeling, good or bad, that I want to shout to God about it? What would I then have him do in return?
II Kings 19:1-37. The enemy ambassador, like the serpent misleading Eve, tells Hezekiah that God is a liar. What’s happening in my life at present, about which the enemy is making that very claim? What’s to be done?
Job 27:1-23. Related, Job insists on trusting God and refuses to believe injustice will prevail. Am I at a similar testing point right now? What’s to be done?
Luke 8:11-18. Is my faith in Jesus Christ readily visible on a candlestick, or do I prefer to be less conspicuous, a low-profile Christian?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.