Day 190: If I Have Done This

Welcome to Day 190 of the Bible 365 Podcast! I'm so excited you are joining me on this journey through the entire Bible this year. Reminder that each episode in 2026 will have a brand new devotional.

Today we'll be reading through I Chronicles 7-8; Acts 27:1-20; Psalm 7; and Proverbs 18:22. Invite a family member or friend to join you as we grow in our knowledge of God through His Word.

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Welcome to day 190 of the Bible 365 podcast. My name is Randy Gudo, and today we're going to be reading through 1 Chronicles chapters 7 and 8, Acts chapter 27, verses 1 through 20, Psalm chapter 7, and Proverbs 18, verse 22. The translation I'm using throughout this podcast is the Berean Standard Bible, also known as the BSB. Let's read. 1 Chronicles chapter 7. The sons of Issachar, Tola, Puah, Jashab, and Shemron, 4 and all. The sons of Tola, Uzai, Raphaea, Jeriel, Jamai, Ibsam, and Shamuel, the heads of their families. In the days of David, 22,600 descendants of Tola were numbered in their genealogies as mighty men of valor. The son of Uzai, Israhiah, the sons of Israhiah, Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Ashiah, all five of them were chiefs. In addition to them, according to their genealogy, they had 36,000 troops for battle, for they had many wives and children. Their kinsmen belonging to all the families of Issachar, who were mighty men of valor, totaled 87,000, as listed in their genealogies. The three sons of Benjamin, Belah, Beaker, and Jediael. The sons of Bela, Ezbon, Uzai, Uziel, Jeremoth, and Irai, heads of their families, five in all. There were twenty two thousand thirty-four mighty men of valor listed in their genealogies. The sons of Beaker, Zamirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elio Anai, Amri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alamath. All these were Beeker's sons. Their genealogies were recorded according to the heads of their families, 20,200 mighty men of valor. The son of Jediel, Bilhan, the sons of Bilhan, Jaush, Benjamin, Ehud, Kanaana, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar. All these sons of Jediel were heads of their families, mighty men of valor. There were 17,200 fit for battle. The Shepites and Huppites were descendants of Ur, and the Hushites were descendants of Ahur. The sons of Naphtali, Jaziel, Gunai, Jeizer, and Shalom, the descendants of Bilah. The descendants of Manasseh, Azrael, through his Aramian concubine. She also gave birth to Maker, the father of Gilead. Maker took a wife from among the Huppites and Shupites. The name of his sister was Makkah. Another descendant was named Zalapahad, who had only daughters. Maker's wife Makacah gave birth to a son, and she named him Pirash. His brother was named Shehrash, and his sons were Ulam and Rekam. The sons of Ulam, Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, son of Maker, the son of Manasseh. His sister Hamolakh gave birth to Ishbod, Abai Ezir, and Malah. And these were the sons of Shemidah, Ahaion, Shechem, Likhai, and Anayam. The descendants of Ephraim, Shuthilah, Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eliada his son, Tahath his son, Zabad his son, and Shuthilah his son. Ezar and Eliad were killed by the natives of Gath, because they went down to steal their livestock. Their father Ephraim mourned for many days, and his relatives came to comfort him. And again he slept with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. So he named him Bariah, because tragedy had come upon his house. His daughter was Sheerah, who built lower and upper Beth Horon, as well as Uzan Sheerah. Additionally, Repha was his son, Reshef his son, Tila his son, Tahan his son, Ladan his son, Amihud his son, Elishema his son, Nun his son, and Joshua his son. Their holdings and settlements included Bethel and its villages, Naaran to the east, Gizar and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its villages as far as Aya and its villages. And along the borders of Manasseh were Bethshean, Taanak, Megiddo, and Dor, together with their villages. The descendants of Joseph, son of Israel, lived in these towns. The children of Asher, Imna, Ishva, Ishvi, Bariah, and their sister Sirah, the sons of Bariah, Heber, as well as Malchiel, who was the father of Berzaath, Heber was the father of Jafflet, Shomer, and Hotham, and of their sister Shua, the sons of Jafflet, Pesak, Bimhal, and Ashbat. These were Jafflet's sons, the sons of Shemer, Ahai, Roga, Huba, and Aram, the sons of his brother Helam, Zopha, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal. The sons of Zopha, Sua, Harnefer, Shual, Biri, Imra, Bezer, Had, Shamah, Shilsha, Ithran, and Birah, the sons of Jithur, Jephanah, Pispah, and Erah, the sons of Ulah, Erah, Haniel, and Riziah. All these were the descendants of Asher, heads of their families, choice and mighty men of valor, and chiefs among the leaders. The number of men fit for battle, recorded in their genealogies, was 26,000. 1 Chronicles chapter 8. Benjamin was the father of Belah his firstborn, Ashbel II, Aherah III, Noha the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. The sons of Bilah, Adar, Girah, Abihud, Abishhua, Naaman, Ahoa, Girah, Shapupan, and Huram. These were the descendants of Ehud, who were the heads of the families living in Gibah and were exiled to Manahath, Naaman, Ahijah, and Girah, who carried them into exile, and who was the father of Uzzah and Ahihud. Shearahim had sons in the country of Mobab after he had divorced his wives Hushem and Baerah, his sons by his wife Hodesh, Jobab, Zibiah, Meshah, Malcolm, Jaus, Sakiah and Myrmah. These were his sons, heads of families. He also had sons by Hushem, Abitub, and Elpel, the sons of Elpel, Eber, Misham, Shemed, who built Ono and Lod with its villages, and Bariah and Shema, who were the heads of families living in Izalan, and who drove out the inhabitants of Gath. Ahio, Sheshach, Jeremoth, Zebediah, Arad, Eder, Michael, Ishpa, and Jeha were the sons of Bariah. Zebediah, Meshulam, Hizkai, Heber, Ishmeriah, Islaya, and Jobab were the sons of Elpel. Jacob, Zikri, Zabdai, Eli Eni, Zilothai, Eliel, Adiah, Bariah, and Shimrath were the sons of Shimei. Ishpan, Eber, Eliel, Abdon, Zikri, Hanan, Hananiah, Elam, Anathothijah, If Deah, and Penul were the sons of Shesak, Shamshirai, Shehariah, Athaliah, Jairashiah, Elijah, and Zikri were the sons of Jerahem. All these were heads of families, the chiefs according to their genealogies, and they lived in Jerusalem. Jaiel, the father of Gibeon, lived in Gibeon. His wife's name was Maeka, and Abdon was his firstborn son, then Zur, Kish, Ba, Nadab, Gidor, Ahio, Zeker, and Mikloth, who was the father of Shimea. They too lived alongside their relatives in Jerusalem. Nur was the father of Kish, Kish was the father of Saul, and Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malkishua, Abinadab, and Eshbel, the son of Jonathan, Meribel, and Maribel was the father of Micah, the sons of Micah, Python, Melech, Teriah, and Ahaz. Ahaz was the father of Jehoadah, Jehoadah was the father of Alamath, Azmavath, and Zimri, and Zimri was the father of Mazah. Mosa was the father of Bineh, Rahap was his son, Elieza his son, and Azel his son. Azel had six sons, and these were their names, Azrakem, Bokuru, Ishmael, Shiariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel, the sons of his brother Eshek. Ulam was his firstborn, Jaush second, and Eliphalet third. The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and they had many sons and grandsons, one hundred and fifty in all. All these were the descendants of Benjamin. Acts 27, verses 1 through 20. When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the Imperial Regiment. We boarded an Adramidian ship about to sail for ports along the coast of Asia, and we put out to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was with us. The next day we landed at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul with consideration, allowing him to visit his friends and receive their care. After putting out from there, we sailed to the Lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us. And when we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pemphylia, we came to Myra in Lycia. There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board. After sailing for many days, we arrived off Nidas. When the wind impeded us, we sailed to the Lee of Crete, opposite Salmony. After we had moved along the coast with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lessia. By now much time had passed, and the voyage had already become dangerous because it was after the fast. So Paul advised them, Men, I can see that our voyage will be filled with disaster and great loss, not only to ship and cargo, but to our own lives as well. But contrary to Paul's advice, the centurion was persuaded by the pilot and by the owner of the ship. Since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided to sail on, hoping that somehow they could reach Phoenix to winter there. Phoenix was a harbor in Crete facing both southwest and northwest. When a gentle south wind began to blow, they thought they had their opportunity. So they weighed anchor and sailed along, hugging the coast of Crete. But it was not long before a cyclone called the Northeaster swept down across the island. Unable to head into the wind, the ship was caught up, so we gave way and let ourselves be driven along. Passing to the lee of a small island called Cauta, we barely managed to secure the lifeboat. After hoisting it up, the crew used ropes to undergird the ship, and fearing that they would run aground on the sandbars of Curtis, they lowered the sea anchor and were driven along. We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo. On the third day, they threw the ship's tackle overboard with their own hands. When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the great storm continued to batter us, we abandoned all hope of being saved. Psalm 7. O Lord my God, I take refuge in you. Save me and deliver me from all my pursuers, or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me. O Lord my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands, if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause, then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me. May he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. Selah. Arise, O Lord, in your anger, rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment. Let the assembled peoples gather around you, take your seat over them on high. The Lord judges the peoples. Vindicate me, O Lord, according to my righteousness and integrity. Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds. My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart. God is a righteous judge and a God who feels indignation each day. If one does not repent, God will sharpen his sword. He has bent and strung his bow. He has prepared his deadly weapons. He ordains his arrows with fire. Behold, the wicked man travails with evil. He conceives trouble and births falsehood. He has dug a hole and hollowed it out. He has fallen into a pit of his own making. His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head. I will thank the Lord for his righteousness and sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High. Proverbs eighteen, verse twenty two. He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord. Today's devotional is coming from Psalm chapter seven verses three and four, and this is so important, especially in the area of prayer. You hear David just calling out to the Lord to be saved, to be delivered, to be rescued. He had enemies all around him, but in verses three and four, this is so important. David says, O Lord my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands, if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause. You know, sometimes we are always the victim in our own imagination. It's always somebody else, and we are never the guilty ones. We are always the victims. But David, right here, as he's pouring out his heart to the Lord, he says four times here, if I have done this, and that is a place of vulnerability and transparency. And I just want to say this that if you have done this, God is still a God of mercy, of forgiveness, and he will deliver you, forgive you, redeem you, and still pull you out of whatever snare that you are in. Just get in that prayer closet, open up your mouth, and be honest with God. Be vulnerable. Ask for help, but then also be wise enough and mature enough to say, Lord, if I have done this, and then step back and watch what the Lord does in your life because of that humility. Let's pray. Father, I come to you in the name of Jesus, and today I just pray that you would help us to be completely vulnerable with you in the area of prayer, that we would not just see ourselves as victims, but as people who are desperately in need of your mercy, of your kindness, and of your grace and goodness over our lives. Draw us close by the presence of your Holy Spirit and reveal your Son to us. We ask all these things in the precious name of Jesus. Amen. Well, I sure hope you enjoyed today's devotional. If you're getting something out of the Bible 365 podcast, consider sharing it with your family and with your friends. Please continue to pray for me. I am praying for you. Have a great day, and I'll see you tomorrow with day 1910.