2 Kings 10:16 And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot. St. Paul, in Romans 10:2, finds fault with the zeal of the Jews because it is "not according to knowledge," There is a great deal of this kind of zeal in our day. The less people know the more zealous they are often. It is easier to agitate a shallow pool than a deep lake. It is easier to kindle a pile of shavings than a ton of coal. And so it is with men and women. And hence it comes to pass that the one-idea folks are the most enthusiastic. Their single lonely notion of reform stirs them up as a strong wind sweeps the forest leaves, or gathers clouds of dust in the open roadway. It is all surface agitation. It is noise and bluster, fuss and fury, but makes no permanent impression. Alas, how the world has been excited, and still is, by zeal that is not according to knowledge! Men catch a fraction of some great truth; they rush into print or on the platform; they think they know all that the world needs to know; they imagine they have the panacea for all its ills; they agitate; they organise; they denounce everybody who does not believe that their fraction is "the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth." Another party gets hold of another fraction, and is equally zealous for their panacea; and the war goes on like that of boys who splash each other from the opposite sides of a narrow pool. Parallel Verses KJV: And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot.WEB: He said, "Come with me, and see my zeal for Yahweh." So they made him ride in his chariot. |
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