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 78:1-40. Verse 2 says this psalm is a parable, a story that teaches a lesson. What lesson am I to learn here about my dealings with God in 2024 with 9 months gone and 3 months to go?
Job 39:1-30. God continues reminding Job how clueless he is about the wonders of creation. Realizing the astonishing detail and delight with which God knows all the animals, can I doubt his unfailing care for me?
II Corinthians 5:1-10. How am I, in spiritual terms, better housed and clothed in the presence of God than was ever the case in my previous life preoccupied with things of the body?
Luke 10:1-12. Verse 2, what specific opportunity can I find today to be a laborer in God’s harvest?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.