II Kings 10: 24 Now Jehu had stationed eighty men outside and said, “The man who allows any of those whom I give into your hands to escape shall forfeit his life.” 25 So as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, Jehu said to the guard and to the officers, “Go in and strike them down; let not a man escape.” So when they put them to the sword, the guard and the officers cast them out and went into the inner room of the house of Baal, 26 and they brought out the pillar that was in the house of Baal and burned it. 27 And they demolished the pillar of Baal, and demolished the house of Baal, and made it a latrine to this day.
God had appointed Jehu to be king over Israel, and to completely cleanse Israel of all the Baal worship and idolatry of the land, as well as the wicked line of King Ahab. God has a way of making things memorable. Places used for the worst of idolatry became dumps and other locations known for their stench and filth. God wants us to remember that is what idolatry is: trash, filthy rags, and a place to go potty. Yet we still fall back into it so easily and quickly. May we see it for what it is and seek His purity and holiness instead.
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