Day 114: David Saves Keilah (2026)
4/24/202613 min
Fr. Mike explores the actions of David before saving the city of Keilah, and how he sets an example for us while discerning God's will. He also points out how God is working constantly in our lives, even if we don't see half of what he's doing. Today's readings are 1 Samuel 23 and Psalm 54.
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[on hold music] Hi, my name's Father Mike Schmitz, and you're listening to the Bible in a Year podcast, where we encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of scripture. The Bible in a Year podcast is brought to you by Ascension. Using the Great Adventure Bible timeline, we'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation, discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we fit into that story. Today, it is day one hundred and fourteen. We are just reading one chapter from 1 Samuel. We're reading 1 Samuel chapter twenty-three, and we're also praying Psalm fifty-four. As always, the Bible translation that I am using is the Revised Standard Version, Second Catholic Edition. I'm using the Great Adventure Bible from Ascension. If you want to download your own Bible in a Year reading plan, you can visit ascensionpress.com/bibleinayear. And if you have not yet subscribed to this podcast, you can just click Subscribe, and it'll be done, and you'll be subscribed, and life will be good. [laughs] As I said, today is day one fourteen. We're reading 1 Samuel chapter twenty-three. We're praying Psalm fifty-four. 1 Samuel chapter twenty-three. David saves the city of Keilah. Now they told David, "Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and are robbing the threshing floors." Therefore David inquired of the Lord, "Shall I go and attack these Philistines?" And the Lord said to David, "Go and attack the Philistines and save Keilah." But David's men said to him, "Behold, we are afraid here in Judah. How much more if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?" Then David inquired of the Lord again, and the Lord answered him, "Arise. Go