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 37:1-40. Verses 7-17, for hundreds of years it had been a known fact: The righteous in Israel often suffered while the wicked were on easy street. Yet the psalmist reminded God’s people: You have the riches that last.
Job 14:1-22. Birth, death, what’s the point of it all, wonders Job bitterly. A tree has a better grasp on life than a man does. How does the gospel refute the age-old cynicism that argues suicide is the only option?
Philippians 2:1-11. What was the closest bond of fellowship in Christ that I have ever been part of? What made it work so well?
John 3:11-17. Verse 16, in thinking about what Jesus means to me and to my neighbor, do I think first of salvation or judgment? Did Jesus come to condemn us or rescue us? Why does it matter?
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