Saturday, August 9: 2Kings 10- You cannot serve God halfway.

Jehu was zealous for the Lord in the destroying of Ahab’s family, but he was not so zealous with the worship and sacrifices of the Lord. In verses 29-31 we read:

However, he did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit—the worship of the golden calves at Bethel and Dan. The LORD said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in accomplishing what is right in my eyes and have done to the house of Ahab all I had in mind to do, your descendants will sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation.” Yet Jehu was not careful to keep the law of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam, which he had caused Israel to commit.

Jeroboam sent up the false altars, established a false priesthood and mimicked the worship of the Lord.  However, in so doing, he created a cult that had an appearance of godly worship but was in truth a rival for the Lord.

Jehu followed the Lord in killing off Ahab’s family, but then he turned and continued the false worship of Bethel and Samaria. By not turning from this false worship, Jehu missed the mark and was not considered a follower of the Lord God almighty.

We cannot serve God halfway. We cannot partially worship the Lord. We cannot pick and choose what parts of God we are willing to follow and what parts we can disregard.

With the Lord… we are ‘all in’ or not in at all!

God expects total devotion … no holding back. No playing it safe by keeping others gods along side the Lord. The Lord alone is to be worshiped and only the Lord is to be worshiped.

Search me and know me. Search my heart, Oh God, and see if there is any wickedness in me. To be Yours, totally, I pray through Jesus, my Lord. Amen.