Day 163: Faith Over Success (2026)
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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 163. We are reading from 1 Kings chapter 13, 2 Chronicles chapters 12 and 13, and we're in the second chapter of the Song of Solomon. As always, the Bible translation that I'm using is the Revised Standard Version, the 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 slash Bible in a Year. Also, you might not know this, but you can subscribe to this podcast by clicking on subscribe in whatever app allows you to subscribe to this podcast. So do that if you'd like. As I said, today is day 163. I'm reading from 1 Kings 13, 2 Chronicles 12 and 13. A couple things to keep in mind as we're listening to this scripture. We have the kingdom of Judah now, right? This is the period of the divided kingdom. The kingdom in the north is the kingdom of Israel. And that's the 10 tribes in the north. They're essentially what you might call the rebellious tribes of Israel. So when we refer to Israel now at this point in our story, this is in some ways a
I guess we'll say this, the kingdom of Judah in the south, which is only two tribes, Judah is the bloodline from David all the way to Jesus. And so this is the line that we're really, really preoccupied with. At the same time, God had promised that the people of Israel would be blessed, right?
What readings are covered on Day 163 of the Bible in a Year plan?
So that means all of the tribes, all of the 12 sons of Israel and the 12 tribes that came from the sons of Israel. are important. And that's why we're also following the story of the people in the north, the kingdom of Israel. But in this story, we're going to hear about how Israel came against Judah. And like, wait, who do I root for? Well, it's really difficult because it's kind of like civil war in some ways, where brother is against brother, or at least family against family. And so we recognize that difficulty at the same time. To keep things straight in our minds, one of the things to keep in mind is the kingdom in the north, Israel, the kingdom in the south, Judah. Judah is small, and yet it is through Judah that God is going to bless the entire world.
He's going to restore worship. It's in Judah that he's going to bring forth the king of kings. And so we are very much preoccupied or at least very interested in the kingdom of Judah in the south. We also are interested in the kingdom of Israel in the north, but in a different way. I'll just, I'll let it, I'll let that be what it is. Okay. Wow. Day 163. Let's get started. The first book of Kings chapter 13, a man of God from Judah. And behold, a man of God came out of Judah by the word of the Lord to Bethel. Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense, and the man cried against the altar by the word of the Lord and said, O altar, altar, thus says the Lord. Behold, a son shall be born to the house of David, Josiah by name.
and he shall sacrifice upon you the priests of the high places who burn incense upon you and men's bones shall be burned upon you. And he gave a sign that same day saying, this is the sign that the Lord has spoken. Behold, the altar shall be torn down and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out. and when the king heard the saying of the man of god which he cried against the altar at bethel jeroboam stretched out his hand from the altar saying lay hold of him and his hand which he stretched out against him dried up so that he could not draw it back to himself the altar also was torn down and the ashes poured out from the altar according to the sign which the man of god had given by the word of the lord
And the king said to the man of God, And the man of God entreated the Lord, and the king's hand was restored to him and became as it was before.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:04–1:33
2
What readings are covered on Day 163 of the Bible in a Year plan?
1:33–4:51
3
How does the divided kingdom of Israel and Judah set the scene for these readings?
4:51–14:36
4
What happens when the unnamed man of God confronts Jeroboam at Bethel?
14:36–19:55
5
Why did the man of God refuse food and what were the consequences of disobedience?
19:55–24:01