There are a lot of road blocks in my city. You ever get tired of road construction? Texas is growing so much that the road construction never ends.

The whole nation of Israel was under construction as we read today in 2 Kings 10. The seventh king of Israel was Ahab, and he was the husband of Jezebel who corrupted him with idol worship. Remember in the previous passage, Jehu had been anointed as king of Israel.

God had set this up for a purpose and Jehu began immediately to carry out that purpose by killing all the sons of Ahab to get rid of the corruption. Then Jehu deceptively held an assembly in honor of the idol known as Baal. When they crowded into the temple of Baal, Jehu had his guards and officers kill them (v. 25). So Jehu destroyed Baal worship in Israel (v. 28). This pleased God but Jehu did not turn away from the worship of the golden calves at Bethel and Dan (v. 29).

Jehu kept God’s Word carefully in one area but ignored it in another because he was not obeying the Lord with all his heart. The world today is also full of inconsistency. There is a need to be thorough and to keep working at glorifying the Lord by finishing effectively what was started. The Lord will reward the effort if we refuse to quit and consistently become better by giving that little extra to fight for every inch.

Think of how our society is corrupted by serving idols today. Anything we put before God is an idol like money, job, car, extravagant house, excessive eating, alcohol, and drugs. On and on … it never ends!

But each day is a new day in which we have the opportunity undergo some road construction in our life. There may be certain activities we can tweak a little or priorities that can be adjusted so we step ahead on the road to a brighter future. Life is not always trouble free and we may have to do some things that are uncomfortable or challenging but if we say “yes” to Jesus, we never have to go through them alone. We can press on knowing the Spirit is with us to guide in what habits to discard so we know how to step ahead along this journey and have the endurance needed to keep going towards the destination.

Lord, we are constantly under construction but your love for us is never ending. We keep praying and know You are faithful at removing the roadblocks, so we can go to where we need to go. It’s so easy to get caught up in the secular way but we know Your Way is the best way. Help us to focus on Your Way that has been constructed by the Master Builder named Jesus in whose name we pray today. Amen.

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