The distance between man and God is great. This is partly based on the greatness of God, but the distance is magnified even more by the lowliness of man.
In the midst of this story of warfare we find an interesting story about a man. In this man we will see many of the same characteristics of our own lives.
Jehu turns out to be an instrument of God in His riddance of Ahab. His life summary seems to be that of a Bible hero, yet in the end we will find that even Jehu had some failures.
This is one of the great revivals in the Bible. As usual, it is a revival of the word of God. When God’s people return to the word and obey its teachings, they experience great joy and are greatly blessed by the Lord.
Job has gone through great trials without turning against God and cursing Him. However, he does complain of being unjustly persecuted and expects God to give him reasons for his suffering. In this chapter, God actually appears to Job.
