All In? 2 Kings 6-10

2 Kings 10:28-31 (ESV Strong's)

28 Thus Jehu wiped out Baal from Israel. 29 But Jehu did not turn aside from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin—that is, the golden calves that were in Bethel and in Dan. 30 And the LORD said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in carrying out what is right in my eyes, and have done to the house of Ahab according to all that was in my heart, your sons of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.” 31 But Jehu was not careful to walk in the law of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He did not turn from the sins of Jeroboam, which he made Israel to sin.

All In?

Jehu, one of the many kings of Israel, did much better than most of their kings.   That statement about most of the Kings of Israel simply states, “they did evil.”   Jehu is an exception.   As we can read in the above passage, he did not fully follow God.  He was about 3/4 in vs all in.   But, God did reward him for his destruction of all the Baal worshipers.  God does reward our progress and our purifying ourselves and the land around us.   Jehu did cleanse the nation of the Baal worshippers, but he was still hanging onto some of the “sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.”   This is much like our lives are.  We dispose of the one sin (the big one that everyone notices) but we keep the little one.  That is the one, however, that eventually brings us down.   When we follow Jesus we have to agree to be “all in.”    Partial obedience will be rewarded by God, but it still denies the full blessing of God in our lives.