Day 133: Persevering in Trust (2026)

Father Mike Schmitz· Host0:00

[outro music] Hi, my name is 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 thirty-three. We are reading four chapters today, Second Samuel chapter fifteen, two chapters in First Chronicles, that's chapters nineteen and twenty, and also praying Psalm three. As always, the Bible translation that I'm reading from is the Revised Standard Version, Second Catholic Edition. And 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. You also can click on Subscribe if you want to subscribe to this podcast. As I said, reading from Second Samuel chapter fifteen, First Chronicles nineteen and twenty, and Psalm three. One quick note before we start the readings is in First Chronicles chapter nineteen and twenty, we're going to hear again, just like always, it's going to be a little flashback. And some of the flashback we're going to get is David and his battles. We're also going to get a little glimpse of... In the spring of the year, when kings go out to battle, Joab led the armed forces and ravaged the country of the people of Ammon and besieged Rabbah, and David stayed at home. But we won't get the rest of the story. We're just going to get the story of the battle. And remember, that's because First Chronicles wants to highlight the fact that God is going to restore the kingdom, and He's going to restore the temple. He's going to restore the people of God, and He's going to restore the worship of God. And so that's what First Chronicles is really, really focusing on. But