Jezebel

This is what I've been reading about this week:

1 Kings 21:23-25
"23 "And also concerning Jezebel the LORD says: 'Dogs will devour Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.'

24 "Dogs will eat those belonging to Ahab who die in the city, and the birds of the air will feed on those who die in the country."

25 (There was never a man like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the eyes of the LORD, urged on by Jezebel his wife. 26 He behaved in the vilest manner by going after idols, like the Amorites the LORD drove out before Israel.)"
After Ahab was killed in battle:

2Kings 9:30-37
"30 Then Jehu went to Jezreel. When Jezebel heard about it, she painted her eyes, arranged her hair and looked out of a window. 31 As Jehu entered the gate, she asked, "Have you come in peace, Zimri, you murderer of your master?"
32 He looked up at the window and called out, "Who is on my side? Who?" Two or three eunuchs looked down at him. 33 "Throw her down!" Jehu said. So they threw her down, and some of her blood spattered the wall and the horses as they trampled her underfoot.

34 Jehu went in and ate and drank. "Take care of that cursed woman," he said, "and bury her, for she was a king's daughter." 35 But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing except her skull, her feet and her hands. 36 They went back and told Jehu, who said, "This is the word of the LORD that he spoke through his servant Elijah the Tishbite: On the plot of ground at Jezreel dogs will devour Jezebel's flesh. 37 Jezebel's body will be like refuse on the ground in the plot at Jezreel, so that no one will be able to say, 'This is Jezebel.' "

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If you read the whole story, she had a man killed so that her husband could have his land, she tried to kill all of God's prophets and lead many Israelites away from the Lord with lies and manipulation.

Everyone is a leader in some portion of their life somewhere, and they are a follower somewhere. No one is always a leader or always a follower.

In this story, Ahab and Jezebel were leaders of Israel, but Ahab didn't really lead- and he definitely didn't lead as God had asked him to. He let Jezebel manipulate him to get the things done that she wanted. She even sealed edicts that caused the deaths of people using his ring.

~When we are leaders, do we do what God asks us to do? It doesn't matter how small the position of leadership is- it influences other people. Do we let the opinions of others dictate what we do and say, and what we lead others to do and say instead of leading others to do God's will in everything?

~When we are followers, do we blindly follow other people? Do we ask God what He wants us to do? Why do we follow the people we do? Do we make sure they are the ones God wants us to mimic, and follow? Are we under God's leadership through them or are we following a human being?

Just some thoughts =)

Listening to: If- Red Hot Chili Peppers

Reading: The Pilgrim's Regress

watching: Narnia with 'C'

Thinking about: Who my true leader is and what kind of leader I'm to be. How we're to mimic the leadership of the leader of all. ooh- and (@)-->----