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?
Psalm 40:1-17. "I read your letter about me, and I'm coming to the party you're throwing for me," is how The Message gives verses 7-8. What fresh intimacy with God can this put into my day?
Exodus 19:1-25. Assuming the priestly holiness God widely offers in verse 6 is available to Christians now, what obligations and opportunities confront me -- and my church?
Hebrews 12:18-29. If I took seriously the distinction in verses 27-28, between an unshakable kingdom and the removal of all else, how radically might it change my way of life?
John 6:30-41. To partake of Jesus as God's true bread from heaven all day today, what specific thoughts and actions are expected of me?
To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.