Jehu

In staff meeting pastor gave a great devotion that is the perfect match to my blog about Hamman. I will see if I can summarize the story so you can take a look at it for yourself. The story is found in 2 Kings 10:18-25.

2 Kings 10:19 describes what is happening, “Now, summon all the prophets of Baal, all his worshipers and all his priests; let no one be missing, for I have a great sacrifice for Baal; whoever is missing shall not live.” But Jehu did it in cunning, so that he might destroy the worshipers of Baal. Once Jehu found the followers of Baal he killed all of them. 

Avoid the temptation to focus on whether Jehu's actions were ethical on not long enough to consider the importance of following your convictions. 

I can imagine many folks lining up to attend the sacrifice because they were fearful of being killed. Nominal followers of God who just considered it an inopportune time to state their convictions. Job interviews and spiritual convictions seem to be two areas when it is easy to state what you think someone wants to hear. Remember, Jehu said he was going to kill those who were not there so if you were one that straddled the fence or unwilling to stand up for your convictions it probably seemed like a prudent thing to be at the service. The result, however, was that all of the followers of Baal, fence riders and yellow bellied chickens afraid of their own shadow were killed. Cause of death; failure to follow your convictions or perhaps failure to have convictions. 

I don't know if a test like this is in your future but I do know that God knows where you stand. He knows if you are cold, lukewarm or hot. Even if you don't have a test coming up like the one Jehu presented, at least, be honest with yourself.