Today, I am reading and commenting on 2 Kings 10-12.

When Jehu met Jehonadab, whose descendants Jeremiah praises during the siege of Jerusalem, Jehu invites Jehonadab to join him and see his zeal for the Lord.  Jehu destroyed all of Ahab’s family who lived in Israel and completely destroyed Baal worship in Israel.  However, he continued the worship of the golden calves which Jeroboam had made.  So, Jehu considered himself zealous in serving God, yet he continued the worship of the golden calves.  Which raises the question: did Jehu not see the conflict between worshiping the golden calves and being zealous for the Lord?  Or, was he aware of the conflict but unwilling to change?  In either case, he offers a lesson for us today.  Whichever was true as to why Jehu continued the worship of the golden calves, the passage tells us what his mistake was: he was not careful to keep the Law of the Lord.  If Jehu had been careful to keep the Law of the Lord, he would have been aware that worshiping those images was contrary to what God desired for His people.  And, if he aware of that, being careful to keep the Law of the Lord would have led him to abolish such worship.  Are we careful t keep the Law of the Lord?  What things do we do which are contrary to what God tells us is best for us?  Have we studied what He tells us so that we do not miss some behavior which God has warned us against?  And if we are aware of such behaviors, have we turned from those behaviors in order to keep His Laws?  Or, have we continued to do things which we know we would be happier if we avoided them?

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.