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 1:1-6. Verse 2, what might others notice about me today if I am constantly delighting in God and meditating on God?
II Chronicles 8:1-18. How Solomon mixed the worldly concerns of alliances and governance with the sacred concerns of worship and temple. What has tended to crowd out God in my life of late?
Colossians 3:1-17. Verses 9 and 10, what specific changes are occurring in me day by day as I strive—by God’s grace—to put off the old man and put on the new?
Luke 20:1-8. Put to the test of spiritual honesty and moral courage by Jesus, the Jewish leaders utterly fail. How is Jesus putting me to the same test today? What’s at stake?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.