Wed.’s Devo - Draining the Swamp

Read: 2 Kings 9:14-10:31; Acts 17:1-34; Psalm 144:1-15; Proverbs 17:27-28
Jehu’s friends had just proclaimed him king and Jehu told them that if they were really behind him then then he would secretly go to Jezebel. King Joram was in his room recovering from his wounds with King Ahaziah - Judah’s king, visiting him.
One of the watchmen in the tower announced the coming of a troop. King Joram sent out a rider to ask him if he was coming in peace but Jehu commanded him to fall in rank. This happened to the next rider because Jehu was higher in authority and he was from their country.
Jehu kept coming so both kings came to meet him in their chariot. They met at the very plot of Naboth’s vineyard that Jezebel had swindled from him and had him slanderously killed. King Joram asked if he came in peace and Jehu said, not as long as idolatry and witchcraft from Jezebel abounded. Joram cried out to King Ahaziah, “Treason!” As he tried to escape, Jehu shot him in the heart with an arrow and he died. Jehu commanded his men to throw his body on the Naboth’s land to fulfill the prophecy against him.
Ahaziah was also killed and Jezebel was thrown from her window. The dogs devoured her flesh until she was unrecognizable just like Elijah had prophesied.
Jehu sent letters to Samaria for them to find Ahab’s best son of his 70 and set him on the throne because he was coming to get him. They were too afraid to fight Jehu so they sent a letter back to him telling him that they surrendered to him and awaited his instructions. He sent word to kill the sons and cut off their heads. Then he came to Samaria, killed all of the relatives of Ahaziah that he met along the way and called a meeting of the prophets of Baal saying he was going to serve Baal. They believed him and came to meet with Jehu. Jehu had his men put robes on them to mark them so his men would know exactly who they were. Then he had them all killed and destroyed Baal worship in Israel.
Prophets of today have said that President Trump is a type of Jehu who is coming to drain the swamp in Washington D.C. just like Jehu did in Israel. I pray that he is successful. We are definitely seeing heads roll and things stirred up violently. I pray that Trump will be faithful to keep the law of the Lord and not turn away as Jehu did in the end.
In Acts, it was Paul’s custom when he came to a town to go first to the synagogue and preach. Paul was called to the Gentiles but he first would go to the Jews. This caused a breach in the synagogue. It was between religion and truth. Religion is in opposition to God. It is man’s doctrines about how to get to God on man’s terms, where the gospel is the saving grace of the cross and is rooted in relationship not rules. It is God’s way.
When Paul came to Athens which was full of Greek gods and idols, he found one that was called the Unknown God. He used this in his answer to their questions about God. He explained that God was not tangible but eternal. He was their creator and the creator of all they could see. He sent his son to earth to die and rise from the dead so we could follow in his footsteps. A few men believed and some of the top officials of the city came to be believers.
Lord, help us to be zealous in your fight for your kingdom to reign. Help us not to get caught up in religion but depend on the Holy Spirit to lead us.