Day 180: Giving Time to God (2026)

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)

Fr. Mike Schmitz reflects on Day 180 of the Bible in a Year, focusing on the prophetic books of Amos and the concluding chapters of 2 Kings. He emphasizes God’s call to repentance, the consequences of ignoring divine justice, and the promise of restoration through Christ.

Key takeaways

• God calls people to repentance before judgment.
• Neglecting sacred time reveals misplaced priorities.
• True restoration comes through Christ alone.

Transcript preview

Hey everyone before we get started today I want to let you know the Bible in a year has brought the word of God to so many people as you know you're part of this community changing lives and in so many incredible ways we're humbled to play this role in God's plan and consider it our ongoing mission to keep bringing the word of God to as many people as possible so that what I'm saying is the end of this year is not going to be at the end of Bible in a year so far ascension has been able to YouTube you might have found it that way maybe you're watching right now into different languages so you could have the Bible in the year in other languages than English. But of course this takes a significant investment to bring projects like these free of costs to our listening communities and we want to keep them free of costs to all those people who participate because we want to get the word of God out there. And because of that we have to rely on generous contributions from listeners like you to help to afraid these costs and to enable us to continually provide new audiences with this life-changing content. So if you would like you would like to help support the Bible in a That's Ascension Press.com. Support. I'm, 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 180. Congratulations everyone and we're reading 2. 13 and 14, that's two chapters, Amos, chapters 7, 8 and 9, the conclusion of the Book of the Prophet Amos. And we're also praying Psalm 124, as always, the Bible translation that I'm reading from is the revised standard version, the second Catholic edition. I am using the Great Adventure Bible from Ascension. If you want to download your own Bible in a year reading plan, guess where you can go. You can go to Ascension Press.com slash. know the world will be what the world is and we'll move on as I said it's day 180 second kings 13 and 14 amus seven eight and nine the conclusion of the book of the prophet amiss and we are praying psalm one hundred and twenty four the second book of kings chapter 13 Jehovah has reigns over Israel in the 23rd year of jouash the son of a hishaziah king of Judah He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and followed the sins of Gerobom, the son of Nabat, which he made Israel to sin. He did not depart from them. And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he gave them continually into the hand of Hazayel, king of Syria, and into the hand of Ben-hadad, the son of Hazayel. Then Jehovah has, besought the Lord, and the Lord listened to him. He saw the Lord, and the Lord, and the Lord, and the Lord, and the Israel dwelt in their homes as formerly. Nevertheless, they did not depart from the sins of the House of Gerabowum, which he made Israel to sin, but walked in them. And the Ashra also remained in Samaria. For there was not left to Jehovah Has, an army of more than fifty horsemen, and ten chariots and ten thousand footmen. For the king of Syria had destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing. Now the rest of the acts of Jehovah has and all that he did and his might, are they not written in the book in the book in the book in the book in the book of the kings of the kings of the kings of the kings of the kings of the kings of the kings of the kings of the kings of the kings of the kings of Israel. So, Jehovah has slept with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria, and Joash his son reined in his stead. Jehoash reigns over Israel. In the 37th year of Joash, king of Judah, Jehoash, the son of Jehoahas, began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and he reigned 16 years. He also did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. He did not depart from all the sins of Gerabom, the son of Nabat, which he made Israel to sin, but he walked in them. of the acts of Joash and all that he did and the might with which he fought against Amaziah King of Judah are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. So Joash slept with his fathers and Gerobuam sat upon his throne and Joash was buried in Samaria with the Kings of Israel. Death of Elisha. Now when Elisha had fallen sick with the illness of which he was to die, Joash, King of Israel, went down to him and wept before him, crying, My father, my father, my father, my father, my father, my father, my father, of Israel and its horsemen. And Elisha said to him, Take a bow and arrows. So he took a bow and arrows. Then he said to the king of Israel, draw the bow, and he drew it. And Elisha laid his hands upon the king's hands, and he said, Open the window eastward, and he opened it. Then Elisha, shoot, and he shot. And he said, The Lord's arrow of victory over Syria. For you shall fight the Syrians in Afeck until you have made an end of them. And he said. And he said, and he said, and he said, and he said, and he said, and he said, and he said, and he said, and he said, take the end of them, take the end of them, take the end of them, take the end of them, take the end of them, take the and he said to the king of Israel, strike the ground with them, and he struck three times and stopped. Then the man of God was angry with him and said, you should have struck five or six times, then you would have struck down Syria until you made an end of it, but now you will strike down Syria only three times. So Elisha died and they buried. Now the bands of Moabites used to invade the land in the spring of the year, and as a man was being buried, behold a marauding band was seen. And the man was cast into the grave and as the man touched the bones of Elisha, he revived and stood on his feet. Israel recaptures its cities from Syria. Now Hazayal, king of Syria, oppressed Israel all the days of Jehovahaz. But the Lord was gracious to them and had compassion on them, and he turned toward them because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and would not destroy them, nor has he cast them from his presence