Fr. Mike uses the readings today to ask the question, how can we love the Lord joyfully, and with our whole hearts? In scripture today we see David succeed in this, while his son Solomon is divided in his love of God. Fr. Mike also explains why David was seeking his own power when taking the census in 2 Samuel, and how he fell subject to the evil one's tempting. Today's readings are 2 Samuel 24, 1 Chronicles 29, and Psalm 30. For the complete reading plan, visit ascensionpress.com/bibleinayear. Please note: The Bible contains adult themes that may not be suitable for children - parental discretion is advised.
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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 142, and as we are going through this Bible in a Year timeline, if you have downloaded the Bible in a Year reading plan, you realize day 142, that is the last day on this sheet of page, of paper, of...
The thing, check it off today. I love doing that every day. When I read it, I get to check it off one more time. And it's just this, I don't know, sign of progress. You can visually see I'm working my way through the Bible. It is really incredible. So day 142, we're reading 2 Samuel chapter 24, 1 Chronicles chapter 29. We're praying Psalm 30.
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It is not an obligation, but it's kind of nice. As I said, today is the last day on this sheet of paper, day 142, 2 Samuel 24, 1 Chronicles 29, and we are praying Psalm 30. 2 Samuel chapter 24, David takes a census. Again, the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, Go, number Israel and Judah.
So the king said to Joab and the commanders of the army who were with him, Go through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, and number the people that I may know the number of the people. But Joab said to the king, May the Lord your God add to the people a hundred times as many as they are, while the eyes of my lord the king still see it.
But why does my lord the king delight in this thing? But the king's word prevailed against Joab and the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army went out from the presence of the king to number the people of Israel. They crossed the Jordan and began from Erewer and from the city that is in the middle of the valley toward Gad and on to Jazer.
Then they came to Gilead and to Kadesh in the land of the Hittites. And then they came to Dan. And from Dan, they went around to Sidon and came to the fortress of Tyre and to all the cities of the Hivites and the Canaanites. And they went out to the Negev of Judah at Beersheba. So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and 20 days.
And Joab gave the number of the numbering of the people to the king. In Israel, there were 800,000 valiant men who drew the sword. And the men of Judah were five hundred thousand. Judgment on David's sin. But David's heart struck him after he had numbered the people. And David said to the Lord, I have sinned greatly in what I have done.
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