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 123:1-4. If I fix my eyes on Jesus more faithfully today than yesterday, how will things be different—for myself and for the people around me?
Exodus 5:1-23. Rebuffing Moses, Pharaoh is more harsh than ever to the Israelites. Today how shall I prepare for the possibility that in serving God things may get worse for me before they get better?
I Corinthians 15:12-19. Thinking back on yesterday, what secondary things did I allow to distract me from the primary thing—Jesus Christ crucified and resurrected? How was I, as a result, a most miserable person?
Luke 24:36-53. Verse 48, what is the next thing Jesus expects of me as a witness to his saving work, beyond what I’m already doing?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.