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 106:1-48. Verses 34-36, Israel’s sin of mingling and dallying with, rather than renouncing and destroying, the heathen elements that God hates. How does that same temptation allure me in the here and now?
Joshua 3:1-17. The river Jordan parts only when the priests bearing the ark wade in. What difficulty am I facing that God won’t begin to resolve until I muster the faith to march obediently forward?
Acts 23:11-22. An alert and brave nephew thwarts the murder plot against Paul. When has God used little me to advance his purposes in unlikely ways? Application to present needs?
Mark 11:27-33. Moral cowardice of the Jewish leaders at the expense of both John and Jesus. How does the crucial choice between moral courage and moral cowardice present itself to Christians today?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.