In our personal Bible reading, Psalm 4 was on the schedule. The suggested call to wroship for Sunday was also Psalm 4. Coincidence? Maybe God wanted me to learn a little something.
“Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer” (Psalm 4:1).
Was the psalmist convinced God would answer his prayer? The psalmist identified his Rescuer as the “God of my righteousness.” David, who composed this psalm, knew that intervention in his difficulties would only come from God and not from himself. Jeremiah recognized it was “the Lord our righteousness” who would “save Judah and [cause] Israel to dwell safely” (Jeremiah 23:6). Paul explained that believers are “in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us…righteousness” (1 Corinthians 1:30). I seem to be asking myself now more than ever before, “With Jesus Christ’s righteousness in me, why would I even think of looking to myself or others to deliver me from trouble?”
Here is the suggested reading for March 1-5. You will find a corrected copy of the schedule at the link below. To make everything simple, one week was added at the end of the year (or the beginning of next year). Our Bible Study on Wednesday will still be selected from the reading in the New Testament.
- Monday: Genesis 21-25
- Tuesday: Joshua 21–Judges 1
- Wednesday: Matthew 21-25
- Thursday: Isaiah 21-25
- Friday: (to Psalm this week to correct the mistake)
- Saturday: Isaiah 43:13-28; Zechariah 5
Follow this link to download a copy (2 pages) of the entire reading schedule: Click here.
