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 112:1-10. Verse 4, what forms of darkness accompany this pandemic? As God’s light shines into that darkness, what specific results will appear?
Ezekiel 7:1-27. Verse 19, how are worldly wealth, power, and prestige proving helpless against the spreading virus? What kingdom opportunity does this present?
I Peter 1:13-25. Verse 19, amidst the pandemic, what will the blood of Christ do for me and what will it not do? Verse 14, what old lusts am I now called upon to be rid of? Verse 22, how can I show brotherly love today?
John 21:1-14. Verses 4-6, with the world in crisis and the outcome not yet clear, might the risen Christ be wanting to show me a whole new way to do what I thought I was already good at?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.