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 48:1-14. Verses 12 and 13, what rewards could be mine if I gave as much attention to the glorious geography of Zion as to the earthly house and town where I happen to live now?
II Chronicles 26:1-23. King Uzziah begins well but ends badly, defiling God’s temple. As the years pass, what are some of the ways I am tempted to break faith with God? What preventive measures can I take today?
Revelation 6:1-8. Four horsemen of the end times; the world of sin collapses in upon itself. If Jesus returns today, what would I want him to find me doing?
Luke 23:13-25. The mob prefers Barabbas the violent rebel to Jesus the Prince of Peace. Where do I rest my hopes for human betterment, on the world’s ways or heaven’s ways?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.