Bible Reading Information for March
Monthly Schedule
Daily Reading Schedule
- Mar 1: Numbers 14-15; Psalm 90
- Mar 2: Numbers 16-17
- Mar 3: Numbers 18-20
- Mar 4: Numbers 21-22
- Mar 5: Numbers 23-25
- Mar 6 : Numbers 26-27
- Mar 7: Numbers 28-30
- Mar 8: Numbers 31-32
- Mar 9: Numbers 33-34
- Mar 10: Numbers 35-36
- Mar 11: Deuteronomy 1-2
- Mar 12: Deuteronomy 3-4
- Mar 13: Deuteronomy 5-7
- Mar 14: Deuteronomy 8-10
- Mar 15: Deuteronomy 11-13
- Mar 16: Deuteronomy 14-16
- Mar 17: Deuteronomy 17-20
- Mar 18 : Deuteronomy 21-23
- Mar 19: Deuteronomy 24-27
- Mar 20: Deuteronomy 28-29
- Mar 21: Deuteronomy 30-31
- Mar 22: Deuteronomy 32-34; Psalm 91
- Mar 23: Joshua 1-4
- Mar 24: Joshua 5-8
- Mar 25: Joshua 9-11
- Mar 26: Joshua 12-15
- Mar 27: Joshua 16-18
- Mar 28: Joshua 19-21
- Mar 29: Joshua 22-24
- Mar 30: Judges 1-2
- Mar 31: Judges 3-5
Meditation
The Fuel of Worship
Perhaps we can tie things together with this picture: The fuel of worship is the truth of God, the furnace of worship is the spirit of man, and the heat of worship is the vital affections of reverence, contrition, trust, gratitude and joy.
But there is something missing from this picture. There is furnace, fuel and heat, but no fire. The fuel of truth in the furnace of our spirit does not automatically produce the heat of worship. There must be ignition and fire. This is the Holy Spirit.
When Jesus says, "True worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth," some interpreters take this to refer to the Holy Spirit. I have taken it to mean our spirit. But maybe these two interpretations are not far apart in Jesus' mind. In John 3:6 Jesus connects God's Spirit and our spirit in a remarkable way.
He says, "That which is born of the Spirit is spirit." In other words, until the Holy Spirit quickens our spirit with the flame of life, our spirit is so dead and unresponsive it does not even qualify as spirit. Only that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. So when Jesus says that true worshipers worship the Father "in spirit" he must mean that true worship comes only from spirits made alive and sensitive by the quickening of the Spirit of God.
Now we can complete our picture. The fuel of worship is a true vision of the greatness of God; the fire that makes the fuel burn white hot is the quickening of the Holy Spirit; the furnace made alive and warm by the flame of truth is our renewed spirit; and the resulting heat of our affections is powerful worship, pushing its way out in confessions, longings, acclamations, tears, songs, shouts, bowed heads, lifted hands and obedient lives.