Speed I am definitely hoping to see a Ch

Speed

I am definitely hoping to see a Cheetah or two whilst I am here in Namibia, after all there are between 2,500 to 3,000 just roaming free. The fastest land animal can cruise at 70mph and when it runs it steers itself by using its tail like the rudder of a boat.
They have other fast things here that run. Remember Frankie Fredericks? He’s Namibian. He’s fast. He has run 200 metres in 19.68 seconds.
In 20 days time there will be a major car rally championship in the desert here. Again … Speed! Maybe the Namibians just like fast things.
Remember the man who drove chariots at top speed. Not Ben Hur. Jehu!
Read it in 2 Kings 9.
He must have collected a lot of speed tickets.
Elisha through a messenger had anointed Jehu King of Israel. And he began to bring down the powers of Ahab and Jezebel. These were strongholds of compromise, materialism, fear and control. He did it at breakneck speed. He did it driving like a maniac, v20.
Maybe we all should be quicker to deal with such powers. These enemies want peace, they want deals, they want to exist within our lives, communities, churches. No way says Jehu! I’m driving like a madman because I am mad. Maybe we should too. Maybe we should be so determined, focused, committed to bringing down such intimidating voices in the lives of people that we become known.
Let’s object to weak, insipid compromise that seems to bless everything no matter what the standard.
Let’s drive like Jehu. Speed is good!