Studying this morning's 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 46:1-11. Verse 10, what are the worries, fears, doubts, dreads, and hurts that I need to silence today, in order to dwell in the quiet assurance that God is who he says he is?
II Samuel 24:1-25. Related, David takes a census for military purposes, an expression of distrust that offends God. What does God want me to simply relax about today, with childlike trust and faith?
Acts 17:16-34. Paul preaches Christ to the skeptical Greeks on Mars Hill in Athens. Who do I know that is leaning toward a knowledge of the unknown God, that I could help along the way?
Mark 9:42-50. Jesus challenges me to take unsparing inventory of my heart, and root out anything that doesn’t belong there. What I waiting for?
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