6-26-10 Saturday, 5:53 am Grayrock, 75, humid, clear.
Yesterday was a strenuous and fruitful day. A wedding in the morning, hospital visits in the afternoon, sermon work and leadership development in between. Late afternoon and evening helping Jennifer and her children enjoy the last part of their vacation and assisting them to the gate for their Allegiant flight home. Audrey and I finished up the day by watching the end of an excellent documentary on Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s life, produced in 2003. This film reminded me of the cost of discipleship, the value of writing, and living fully each day as one “runs with God” (my sermon title tomorrow).
II Kings 9:14-10:31
This is a very bloody portion of scripture. Jehu kills king Joram and king Ahaziah. He proceeds to have Jezebel killed, all the children of Ahab, and all the worshipers of Baal, just as prophesied by Elijah. However, even with all this dramatic “cleansing”, the last verse says “But Jehu did not obey the Law of the Lord, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He refused to turn from the sins that Jeroboam had led Israel to commit.” This is a loud and clear warning to all who seek to follow God, to be careful to obey the Law of the Lord, with all one’s heart, as God is a “heartknowing” (Acts 15:8) God.
Lord, as I work on my message for tomorrow, I pray that you would guide my reading, thinking, reflecting and writing, that this sermon would be used in your plan to guide hearts to completely surrender to you and to your purposes through this generation.
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